GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2011

SESSION LAW 2012-10

HOUSE BILL 437

AN ACT holding the new hanover county board of commissioners accountable for the work of the airport authority appointed by the commission or receiving county funds.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  It is the duty of the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners (Board) to provide oversight of, and to be accountable for, the activities of the authorities, boards, committees, and commissions acting under the Board's control or authority. To that end, the Board shall monitor the activities of the Airport Authority in order (i) to evaluate whether continued County funding is warranted in each case, as appropriate, and (ii) to determine whether the Board's appointees are carrying out their respective responsibilities in the best interest of New Hanover County.

SECTION 2.  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the members of the Airport Authority who are appointed by the Board serve at the pleasure of the Board and may be removed by the Board immediately at any time upon the majority vote of the members of the Board.

SECTION 3.  This act applies to New Hanover County only.

SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 7^th day of June, 2012.

                                                                    s/  Walter H. Dalton

                                                                         President of the Senate

                                                                    s/  Dale R. Folwell

Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives