GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	1
HOUSE BILL 914
     

 
Short Title:	Piedmont Triad Airport Authy Appointment.	()	
Sponsors:	Representative Blust.	
Referred to:	Local Government II.	
March 29, 2001

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT ONE MEMBER OF THE PIEDMONT TRIAD AIRPORT AUTHORITY SHALL BE A RESIDENT OF GUILFORD COUNTY LIVING WITHIN three MILES OF THE AIRPORT.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Section 1 of Chapter 594 of the 1985 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Section 1. Chapter 1078, Session Laws of 1979 (Second Session, 1980), as amended, which reenacted, ratified, validated, and confirmed Chapter 98, Public‑Local Laws of 1941, as amended by Chapter 601, Session Laws of 1943; Chapter 137, Session Laws of 1945; Chapter 1198, Session Laws of 1957; and Chapter 793, Session Laws of 1969, is amended:
(a)	By rewriting the first sentence of Section 3(b) to read: 
"(b)	The Airport Authority shall consist of seven members of whom two shall be resident voters of the City of High Point, two shall be resident voters of the City of Greensboro, one shall be a resident voter of the City of Winston‑Salem, one shall be from Guilford County at large, and one shall be from Forsyth County at large. One of the two members who must be resident voters of the City of High Point shall be appointed by the City Council of the City of High Point and the other shall be appointed by the Guilford County Board of Commissioners. One of the two members who must be resident voters of the City of Greensboro shall be appointed by the City Council of the City of Greensboro and the other shall be appointed by the Guilford County Board of Commissioners. The member who must be a resident voter of the City of Winston‑Salem shall be appointed by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Winston‑Salem. The member who is from Guilford County at large shall be a resident of Guilford County living within three miles of the boundary of the airport and shall be appointed by the Guilford County Board of Commissioners after a public hearing on the appointment is held and the member who is from Forsyth County at large shall be appointed by the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners." 
(b)	By adding two sentences after the fifth sentence of Section 3(b) to read: 
"The first member to be appointed by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Winston‑Salem shall be appointed for a term ending April 20, 1986, thereafter, the term of the member appointed by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Winston‑Salem shall be for three years. The first member to be appointed by the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners shall be appointed for a term ending April 20, 1987, thereafter, the term of the member appointed by the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners shall be for three years." 
(c)	The seventh sentence of Section 3(b) is amended by adding immediately after the words "City Council" the words, "Board of Aldermen". 
SECTION 2.  The changes in the appointment procedures of the Guilford County member made by Section 1 of this act apply to the next appointment of the Guilford County member made by the Guilford County Board of Commissioners.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.