GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	2 

SENATE BILL 321
House Committee Substitute Favorable 8/4/97

Short Title:  Modify Wayne Airport Legislation.	(Local)

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March 6, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CLARIFY AND MODIFY A 1994 ACT CONCERNING THE LEASE OF PROPERTY BY THE GOLDSBORO-WAYNE AIRPORT AUTHORITY, PROVIDE FOR ELECTIONS FOR THE ALAMANCE-BURLINGTON BOARD OF EDUCATION, AND PROVIDE THAT THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF LEE COUNTY SHALL CONSIST OF SEVEN MEMBERS ELECTED AT LARGE FOR FOUR-YEAR STAGGERED TERMS ON A NONPARTISAN BASIS AT THE TIME OF THE GENERAL ELECTION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Chapter 711 of the 1993 Session Laws is repealed.
Section 2.  Section 8(c) of Chapter 927 of the 1963 Session Laws, as amended by Chapter 1006 of the 1987 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"(c)	To lease real or personal property under the supervision of or administered by the Authority, without the joinder in the lease agreements of the owning municipalities, to wit, the County of Wayne and the City of Goldsboro, for purposes that the board considers advantageous or conducive to the development of the Airport and that are not inconsistent with the grants and agreements under which the Airport is held by the owning municipalities.  The term of a lease to the City of Goldsboro, Wayne County, or Wayne Community College may not exceed 50 years.  The term of a lease to any other lessee may not exceed 20 years."
Section 3.  Section 12 of Chapter 927 of the 1963 Session Laws, as amended by Chapter 1006 of the 1987 Session Laws, is further amended by deleting the phrase "20 years" and substituting the phrase "the maximum term provided in Section 8 of this act".
Section 4.  Section IV of the Plan of Merger of the Alamance County Schools and the Burlington City Schools, dated June 16, 1994, and filed with the Secretary of State on March 20, 1996, under G.S. 115C-67 reads as rewritten:
"IV.  Establishment of the Permanent Board of Education.
The Alamance County and Burlington City Boards of Education shall continue until the effective date of merger, July 1, 1996, at which time those boards and their respective school districts will cease to exist, and the interim board will become the Alamance-Burlington Board of Education for the merged districts.  Members of the permanent board of education shall be elected for terms of four years on a nonpartisan basis.
The first election will take place on November 4, 1997.  The Alamance County Board of Elections shall establish a special filing period for the 1997 election.  In 1997 four members shall be elected for three-year terms.  Their successors shall be elected in 2000 and quadrennially thereafter for four-year terms. The election in 1998 shall take place on November 3, 1998.  In 1998 and quadrennially thereafter, three members shall be elected to four-year terms.  Vacancies on the permanent board shall be filled in accordance with G.S. 115C-37.
The terms of office of the three board members appointed by the Burlington City School Board and the one member appointed by the Alamance-Burlington Board of Education shall be extended until December 1, 1997, and the terms of the other three board members are extended until December 1, 1998.  
The Alamance-Burlington Board of Education shall have authority and powers as stipulated in 115C of the General Statutes of North Carolina."
Section 5.  (a) Effective with the 1998 election, the Board of Commissioners of Lee County consists of seven members elected at large for four-year terms.  In 1998 and quadrennially thereafter, four commissioners shall be elected.  In 2000 and quadrennially thereafter, three commissioners shall be elected.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes, the Board of Commissioners of Lee County  shall be elected on a nonpartisan basis at the time set by G.S. 163-1 for the general election in each even-numbered year as terms expire.  The election shall be conducted on a nonpartisan plurality basis, with the results determined in accordance with G.S. 163-292.  Candidates shall file notices of candidacy not earlier than noon on the third Monday in June and not later than noon on the third Friday in July.  The names of the candidates shall be printed on the ballot without reference to any party affiliations.  Except as provided by this act, the election shall be conducted in accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes.
Section 6.  This act does not affect the terms of office of current members of the Board of Commissioners of Lee County.
Section 7.  Sections 1, 2, and 3 of this act become effective on and after July 7, 1994.  The remainder of this act is effective when it becomes law.