A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT further staggering the terms of some members of the greater asheville regional airport authority to provide increased continuity of service on the authority.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Section 1.4(c) of S.L. 2012‑121, as amended by S.L. 2014‑52, reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 1.4.(c)  Members of the Authority shall serve four‑year terms and may serve up to a total of two successive four‑year terms. A member may not be reappointed to the Authority except after a lapse of four years following the most recent term served. In the event a member is appointed to fill an unexpired term, and at least two years of the unexpired term remain to be served, such appointment shall be counted in applying the two‑term limit; otherwise it shall not be counted."
SECTION 2.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the following members of the Greater Asheville Regional Airport Authority shall be appointed as follows to further stagger the terms of the members of the Authority:
(1)	One member appointed by majority vote of the other six members of the Authority shall be appointed for a term of one year, which shall begin on July 1, 2020, and expire on June 30, 2021. Upon the expiration of the one‑year term, one member appointed by majority vote of the other six members of the Authority shall serve for a term of four years as provided for in Section 1.4(c) of S.L. 2012‑121, as amended by S.L. 2014‑52. The initial one‑year term provided for in this subdivision shall not count in applying the two‑term limit provided for in Section 1.4(c) of S.L. 2012‑121, as amended by S.L. 2014‑52.
(2)	One registered voter of the City of Asheville appointed by the Asheville City Council shall be appointed for a term of three years, which shall begin on July 1, 2020, and expire on June 30, 2023. Upon the expiration of the three‑year term, one registered voter of the City of Asheville shall be appointed by the Asheville City Council for a term of four years as provided for in Section 1.4(c) of S.L. 2012‑121, as amended by S.L. 2014‑52. The initial three‑year term provided for in this subdivision shall count in applying the two‑term limit provided for in Section 1.4(c) of S.L. 2012‑121, as amended by S.L. 2014‑52.
(3)	One registered voter of Henderson County shall be appointed by the Board of Commissioners of Henderson County for a term of three years, which shall begin on July 1, 2020, and expire on June 30, 2023. Upon the expiration of the three‑year term, one registered voter of Henderson County shall be appointed by the Board of Commissioners of Henderson County for a term of four years as provided for in Section 1.4(c) of S.L. 2012‑121, as amended by S.L. 2014‑52. The initial three‑year term provided for in this subdivision shall count in applying the two‑term limit provided for in Section 1.4(c) of S.L. 2012‑121, as amended by S.L. 2014‑52.
SECTION 3.  Except as provided in Section 2 of this act, the provisions of Section 1.4 of S.L. 2012‑121, as amended by Section 69.1 of S.L. 2012‑194 and S.L. 2014‑52, shall apply to the appointment of members appointed as provided in Section 2 of this act.
SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.