A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO INCREASE THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE BOARD OF drainage COMMISSIONERS OF robeson COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT NUMBER one FROM THREE PERSONS TO four PERSONS and to allow two of them to serve each watershed within the district.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 156‑79, the Board of Drainage Commissioners of Robeson County Drainage District Number One consists of four members. Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 156‑81, the Board of Drainage Commissioners of Robeson County Drainage District Number One serve four‑year terms.
SECTION 2.(a)  The terms of the current three members of the Board of Drainage Commissioners of Robeson County Drainage District Number One expire when this act becomes law. New Commissioners are appointed as follows with expiration of initial terms as follows:
(1)	Kenny Biggs, September 30, 2014, to serve Jacob Swamp Watershed.
(2)	Ozmer Lee Oxendine, Jr., September 30, 2015, to serve Back Swamp Watershed.
(3)	Lycurous Lowry, September 30, 2013, to serve Back Swamp Watershed.
The fourth commissioner shall be appointed by the clerk of superior court of Robeson County for an initial term to expire September 30, 2015, to serve Jacob Swamp Watershed.
SECTION 2.(b)  Successors shall be appointed by the Clerk of Superior Court of Robeson County in accordance with Article 6 of Chapter 156 of the General Statutes, except that the successor to each member shall serve the watershed designated under subsection (a) of this section.
SECTION 3.  The Board of Drainage Commissioners of Robeson County Drainage District Number One may by resolution assign duties under Subchapter III of Chapter 156 of the General Statutes for a particular watershed to the two persons serving that watershed.
SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.