GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

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HOUSE BILL 298

Short Title:  Columbus Airport Auth. Membership.	(Local)

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Sponsors: Representative Hill.

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Referred to:  Local and Regional Government I.

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February 24, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT INCREASING FROM FIVE TO SEVEN THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COLUMBUS COUNTY AIRPORT AUTHORITY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Section 2 of Chapter 134 of the 1995 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 2.  The Airport Authority shall consist of seven members who shall be appointed to staggered terms of four years by the Columbus County Board of Commissioners.  All of the members shall be residents of Columbus County.  Of the initial seven members, two shall be appointed to a term of five years and four shall be appointed to a term of two years.  Thereafter all terms shall be for four years.  Each member shall take and subscribe before the Clerk of the Superior Court of Columbus County an oath of office and file the same with the Columbus County Board of Commissioners.  Upon the occurrence of any vacancy on the Airport Authority, the vacancy shall be filled within 60 days after the vacancy occurs at a regular meeting of the Board of County Commissioners.  Membership on the Columbus County Board of Commissioners and on the Airport Authority shall not constitute double office holding within the meaning of Article VI, §9 of the Constitution of North Carolina."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.