A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to name the halifax‑northampton regional airport authority.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Section 1 of S.L. 1997‑275, as rewritten by Section 1 of S.L. 1998‑130, reads as rewritten:
"Section 1. There is hereby created the 'Halifax-Northampton Regional Airport Authority' (for brevity hereinafter referred to as the 'Airport Authority'), which shall be a body both corporate and politic, having the powers and jurisdiction hereinafter enumerated and such other and additional powers as shall be conferred upon it by general law and future acts of the General Assembly. For purposes of this act the word 'City' when used alone shall mean the City of Roanoke Rapids and the word 'County' when used alone shall mean either Halifax County or Northampton County."
SECTION 2.  Section 15 of S.L. 1997‑275, as rewritten by Section 8 of S.L. 1998‑130, reads as rewritten:
"Section 15. The powers granted to the Airport Authority shall not be effective until the members of the Airport Authority have been appointed by the Halifax County Board of Commissioners, the Northampton County Board of Commissioners, and the Roanoke Rapids City Council, and nothing in this act shall require the Board of Commissioners or City Council to make the initial appointments. It is the intent of this act to enable but not to require the formation of the Halifax-Northampton Regional Airport Authority."
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.