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 and Chapter 332 of the 1967 Session Laws, the Board of Drainage Commissioners of Robeson County Drainage District Number One shall consist of four members. Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 156‑81 and Chapter 332 of the 1967 Session Laws, the Board of Drainage Commissioners of Robeson County Drainage District Number One shall serve four‑year terms.
SECTION 2.(a)  The three current members of the Board of Drainage Commissioners of Robeson County Drainage District Number One shall serve the remainder of their terms. A fourth member shall be appointed to serve until September 30, 2016. Two members shall serve the Jacob Swamp Watershed and two shall serve the Back 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.