AN ACT to increase the membership of the craven county regional airport authority and to change the terms from two to three years.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Subsections 2(a) and 2(b) of Chapter 1197 of the Session Laws of 1979, as rewritten by Section 1 of Chapter 838 of the Session Laws of 1985, and as further rewritten by Section 1 of Chapter 1046 of the Session Laws of 1989, read as rewritten:
"(a)	The Airport Authority shall consist of eight voting members, all of whom shall be residents of Craven County. The Commanding General of the United States Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina, or the General's designee may serve as a nonvoting Honorary Member of the Authority.
(b)	The Airport Authority shall consist of  eight members appointed by the Board of Commissioners of Craven County for three year terms. All members serving on the Airport Authority as of the effective date of this act shall finish their two-year terms. Within 30 days after the effective date of this act, the Craven County Board of Commissioners shall appoint three new members to the Airport Authority; one new member shall serve a term that shall expire June 30, 2008, and two new members shall serve terms that shall expire June 30, 2007. All subsequent appointments shall be for terms of three years. All terms shall expire on June 30 of the year of expiration."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 25th day of April, 2005.

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		 Marc Basnight
	 President Pro Tempore of the Senate

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		 James B. Black
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives