GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

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SENATE BILL 339

Short Title:  Stanly Airport Authority Powers.	(Local)

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Sponsors: Senators Plyler, Conder, and Hartsell.

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Referred to:  Local Government and Regional Affairs

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March 8, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO GRANT ADDED POWERS TO THE STANLY AIRPORT AUTHORITY RELATED TO CONSTRUCTING AN INDUSTRIAL PARK.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Section 4 of Chapter 419 of the 1971 Session Laws is amended by adding new subsections to read:
     	" (15)	To purchase, acquire, establish, construct, own, control, lease, equip, improve, maintain, or operate an industrial park for the location on any properties owned by the Airport Authority or acquired by the Airport Authority for the purpose of locating industrial facilities on the property that are consistent with the zoning of the property.
(16)	To construct, maintain, operate, and control any utility lines, pipes, or stations necessary to provide the airport or an industrial park with utility services and to contract with any supplies of utilities for those utility services."
Sec. 2.  Section 7 of Chapter 419 of the 1971 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 7.  Private property needed by said Airport Authority for any airport, landing field or facilities of same may be acquired by gift or devise, or may be acquired by private purchase or by the exercise of the power of eminent domain, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 40A of the General Statutes of North Carolina, as amended.  When the Airport Authority is acquiring property by condemnation for the purposes authorized by this act, title to the property and the right of immediate possession shall vest in the Airport Authority.  Unless an action for injunctive relief has been initiated, title to the property specified in the complaint, together with the right to immediate possession of that property, shall vest in the condemnor upon the filing of the complaint and making of the deposit in accordance with G.S. 40A-41."
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.