GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2005
SESSION LAW 2006-119
SENATE BILL 1444
AN ACT TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE ROCKINGHAM COUNTY AIRPORT AUTHORITY AND PROVIDE FOR THREE-YEAR TERMS FOR ALL BOARD MEMBERS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. Section 1 of Chapter 622 of the 1963 Session Laws as amended by Chapter 122 of the 1979 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Section 1. There is hereby created an airport authority
to be known as the "Rockingham County Airport Authority", which shall
be a body politic and corporate. The said Authority shall be composed of five
seven members, to be selected and appointed as hereinafter set out.
The members of said authority shall receive no compensation, per diem or
otherwise but shall be allowed and paid actual expenses incurred in the
transaction of business at the instance of the said Authority. The members of
the authority may receive reasonable compensation, per diem or otherwise for
services rendered and shall be allowed and paid actual expenses incurred in the
transaction of business at the instance of the said authority. To
effectuate the increase from five to seven members, two additional members
shall be appointed for terms commencing July 1, 2006."
SECTION 2. Section 2 of Chapter 622 of the 1963 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 2. Members of the said
Authority shall be selected by the Board of County Commissioners of Rockingham
County, and shall serve terms of four (4)years each and until their
successors are selected and qualified. All appointments for terms beginning
July 1, 2006, and thereafter shall be for three-year terms. The Authority
shall determine its own organization and shall annually elect its officers who
shall serve for terms of one (1) year. Officers shall be eligible to succeed
themselves if re-elected at the annual meeting for election of officers. There
shall be no residence requirements for the members of the Airport Authority
other than that they be citizens of Rockingham County."
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 17th day of July, 2006.
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
President of the Senate
s/ James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives