GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1993 SESSION

CHAPTER 323
HOUSE BILL 547

AN ACT TO CLARIFY THAT THE NORTH CAROLINA SEAFOOD INDUSTRIAL PARK AUTHORITY MAY CHARGE FEES FOR ITS SERVICES OR FOR THE USE OF ITS FACILITIES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 113-315.29 reads as rewritten:
"§ 113-315.29. Powers of Authority.
In order to enable it to carry out the purposes of this Article, the Authority shall:
(1)	Have the powers of a body corporate, including the power to sue and be sued, to make contracts, and to adopt and use a common seal and to alter the same as may be deemed expedient;
(2)	Have the authority to make all necessary contracts and arrangements with other seafood industrial park or port authorities of this and other states for the interchange of business, and for such other purposes as will facilitate and increase the seafood industries;
(3)	Be authorized and empowered to rent, lease, buy, own, acquire, mortgage, otherwise encumber, and dispose of such property, real or personal, as said Authority may deem proper to carry out the purposes and provisions of this Article, all or any of them;
(4)	Be authorized and empowered to acquire, construct, maintain, equip and operate any wharves, docks, piers, quays, elevators, compresses, refrigeration storage plants, warehouses and other structures, and any and all facilities needful for the convenient use of the same in the aid of commerce, including the dredging of approaches thereto;
(5)	Be authorized and empowered to pay all necessary costs and expenses involved and incident to the formation and organization of said Authority, and incident to the administration and operation thereof, and to pay all other costs and expenses reasonably necessary or expedient in carrying out and accomplishing the purposes of this Article;
(6)	Be authorized and empowered to apply for and accept loans and grants of money from any federal agency or the State of North Carolina or any political subdivision thereof or from any public or private sources available for any and all of the purposes authorized in this Article, and to expend the same in accordance with the directions and requirements attached thereto, or imposed thereon by any such federal agency, the State of North Carolina, or any political subdivision thereof, or any public or private lender or donor, and to give such evidences of indebtedness as shall be required, provided, however, that no indebtedness of any kind incurred or created by the Authority shall constitute an indebtedness of the State of North Carolina, or any political subdivisions thereof, and no such indebtedness shall involve or be secured by the faith, credit or taxing power of the State of North Carolina, or any political subdivision thereof;
(7)	Be authorized and empowered to act as agent for the United States of America, or any agency, department, corporation, or instrumentality thereof, in any matter coming within the purposes or powers of the Authority;
(8)	Have power to adopt, alter or repeal bylaws and rules governing the manner in which its business may be transacted and in which the power granted to it may be enjoyed, and may provide for the appointment of such committees, and the functions thereof, as the Authority may deem necessary or expedient in facilitating its business;
(8a)	Have the authority to assess and collect fees for its services or for the use of its facilities;
(9)	Be authorized and empowered to do any and all other acts and things in this Article authorized or required to be done, whether or not included in the general powers in this section mentioned; and
(10)	Be authorized and empowered to do any and all things necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Article."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 9th day of July, 1993.

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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives