GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1999
SESSION LAW 2000-60
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. Section 1 of Chapter 411 of the 1961 Session Laws, as rewritten by Chapter 385 of the 1991 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"Section 1. There is hereby created a board to be
known as the Brunswick County Airport Commission whose membership shall consist
of Southport, Yaupon Beach, Long Beach, Oak Island, and Brunswick
County and which board is hereby constituted a body politic and
corporate. The said board shall be comprised of seven members, four of
whom shall be appointed by the Board of County Commissioners of Brunswick County
and one of whom shall be appointed by each member town, County, two of
whom shall be appointed by Oak Island, and one of whom shall be appointed by
Southport, all of whom shall be experienced businessmen with no
qualifications as to residence. The membership of said board shall be
named as provided for in Chapter 63 of the General Statutes of North
Carolina. The members of said board shall receive no compensation per
diem or otherwise, but shall be allowed and paid actual expenses incurred in
the transaction of business and at the instance of the said Commission.
In the event that either the Aldermen of the City of Southport, the
Commissioners of the Town of Yaupon Beach, the Commissioners of the Town of
Long Beach, the Town Council of the Town of Oak Island, or the
Brunswick County Commissioners do not deem it advisable or any one or two of
said municipal bodies do not enter into an agreement to set up said Airport
Commission as provided for under Chapter 63 of the General Statutes of North
Carolina, then in such event the municipality or county desiring to create such
a commission may do so having all powers herein conferred with the right and
privilege of calling such commission in the name of the particular municipality
and/or county government."
Section 1.1. Section 3 of Chapter 1019 of the 1987 Session Laws, as amended by Section 3 of Chapter 456 and Section 6.1 of Chapter 593, Session Laws of 1989, and Chapter 181 of the 1993 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 3. This act applies to the Towns of Holden
Beach, Long Beach, Oak Island, and Sunset Beach only, but as to
the Town of Holden Beach, Section 1 of this act applies only to areas within
the corporate limits of the Town as of June 26, 1989, as to the corporate
limits of the Town of Oak Island located north of the Atlantic Intracoastal
Waterway (AIWW) the Town Council shall establish
building height limits in accordance with general law rather than this act, and
as to Sunset Beach, Section 1 of this act applies only to areas on the
island."
Section 2. Section 2 of Chapter 814 of the 1969 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 2. The Airport Authority shall
consist of five (5) seven members who shall be appointed to
staggered terms of four years. Two (2) Three members shall
be appointed by the City Council of Burlington, two (2) three members
shall be appointed by Alamance County Commissioners and one (1)
member shall be appointed by the City Council of the City of Burlington and Alamance
County Commissioners in a joint meeting. All of the members shall be
residents of the County of Alamance but need not be residents of the City of
Burlington. The terms of the initial five (5) members of the
Authority shall be as follows: the two members to be appointed by the City
Council of the City of Burlington and the member to be appointed at the joint
meeting of the boards shall be a term of four years, the two members appointed
by the County Commissioners shall be a term of two years; thereafter, all terms
shall be for four years. The terms of the two additional members shall be
for four years, but the appointing authority may set the expiration date for
the initial term at a shorter period if it is desired that the term expire at
the same time as the terms of any then current members expire. Each of the
members and their successors so appointed shall take and subscribe before the
Clerk of the Superior Court of Alamance County, an oath of office and file same
with the County Commissioners of Alamance County. Upon the occurrence of
any vacancy on said Authority, said vacancy shall be filled within sixty
(60) 60 days after notice thereof at a regular meeting of the
governing body of the governmental unit which has a vacancy within its
representation."
Section 3. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 30th day of June, 2000.
s/ Marc Basnight
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
s/ James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives