GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1997 SESSION

S.L. 1997-90
HOUSE BILL 298

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, three shall be appointed to a term of four 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.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 26th day of May, 1997.
s/	Marc Basnight
President Pro Tempore of the Senate

s/	Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives