AN ACT to deannex from the city of roanoke rapids a parcel previously annexed by a legislative annexation and amending the authorizing legislation for the halifax‑northampton regional airport authority.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.(a)  The following property, which was annexed to the City of Roanoke Rapids by S.L. 2005‑9, is removed from the corporate limits of the City of Roanoke Rapids: Halifax County Tax Office Parcel ID 1201473.
SECTION 1.(b)  The City of Roanoke Rapids may exercise all the powers granted by Article 19 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes in the area removed from the corporate limits by Section 1 of this act.
SECTION 1.(c)  This section becomes effective June 30, 2012.
SECTION 2.(a)  Section 4(a)(1) of S.L. 1997‑275, as amended by S.L. 1998‑130, reads as rewritten:
"(a)	The Airport Authority shall constitute a body, both corporate and politic, and shall have the following powers and authority:
(1)	To purchase, acquire, establish, construct, own, own jointly with public and private parties, lease as lessee, mortgage, sell, lease as lessor, control, lease, equip, improve, maintain, operate, and regulate or otherwise dispose of lands, facilities, and improvements for the use, restoration, manufacture, or repair of airplanes and other aircrafts; to finance and refinance for public and private parties airport facilities and improvements which relate to, develop, or further airborne commerce and cargo and passenger traffic, including commercial, industrial, manufacturing, processing, transportation, distribution, storage, and aviation facilities and improvements; to secure any such financing or refinancing by all or any portion of their revenues, income, or assets or other available monies associated with any of their airport facilities and with the facilities and improvements to be financed or refinanced, and by foreclosable liens on all or any part of its properties associated with its airport facilities and with the facilities and improvements to be financed or refinanced, but in no event to create a debt secured by a pledge of the faith and credit of the State or any other public body in the State. The Airport Authority may exercise these powers alone or in conjunction with the City of Roanoke Rapids, the County of Northampton, or the County of Halifax."
SECTION 2.(b)  Section 4(a)(12) of S.L. 1997‑275 is repealed.
SECTION 3.  Except as provided herein, this act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 28th day of June, 2012.

	s/	 Walter H. Dalton
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Thom Tillis
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives