GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1997 SESSION

S.L. 1997-415
HOUSE BILL 836

AN ACT TO CREATE THE NEW HANOVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ZONE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  No municipality may annex any of the area currently part of, or the area which is described in the Airport Development Plan (1995-2015) for expansion of the New Hanover International Airport, pursuant to Article 4A of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes, or pursuant to any other provision of law, as long as the described property is owned by a governmental entity, without the approval of the governing board of the New Hanover International Airport.
Section 2.  The boundary of the area described in Section 1 of this act shall be considered "municipal boundary" of the City of Wilmington for the purposes of Part 3 of Article 4A of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes with respect to future annexations by the City of Wilmington.
Section 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 21st day of August, 1997.
s/	Marc Basnight
President Pro Tempore of the Senate

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