GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2009
SESSION LAW 2009-253
HOUSE BILL 870
AN ACT to provide that the member of the board of commissioners of stanly county who serves as a member of the stanly county airport authority serves at the pleasure of the board of commissioners, to provide the same for the chairman of the stanly county economic development commission, and to allow the stanly county board of commissioners to designate an alternate for both those positions.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. Section 2 of Chapter 419, Session Laws of 1971, as amended by Chapter 238, Session Laws of 1983, and by Chapter 929 of the 1987 Session Laws, and as rewritten by Chapter 583 of the 1991 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 2. The Airport Authority shall consist of five members
members, four of whom who shall be appointed to staggered
terms of four years by the Stanly County Board of Commissioners. All of the
members shall be residents of the County. The terms of the four appointed
members of the Airport Authority shall be as follows: two members serving terms
expiring March 31, 1993 and two members serving terms expiring March 31, 1995.
Thereafter, all terms shall be for four years. Each of the members and their
successors so appointed shall take and subscribe before the Clerk of the
Superior Court of Stanly County, an oath of office and file same with the
Stanly County Board of Commissioners. Upon the occurrence of any vacancy on
said Airport Authority, said vacancy shall be filled within 60 days after
notice thereof at a regular meeting of the Board of County Commissioners. One
of the five members The fifth member shall be a county commissioner,
whose term on the Airport Authority shall run concurrently with that
member's term who shall serve at the pleasure of the Stanly County Board
of Commissioners, but only as long as still serving as a county
commissioner. The Stanly County Board of Commissioners may also appoint
another member of the board of commissioners to serve as alternate member to
attend and vote if the original appointee is unable to attend or is unable to
vote. In As provided by G.S. 128-1.2, in the case of the
member of the Stanly County Board of Commissioners serving as a voting member
of the said Airport Authority, such membership shall not constitute double
office holding within the meaning of Article VI, Sec. 9 of the Constitution of
North Carolina, but instead is service ex officio."
SECTION 2. Section 4 of Chapter 141, Session Laws of 1961, as amended by Chapter 185, Session Laws of 1987, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 4. The chairman of the Economic Development
Commission shall serve for four years corresponding in dates with said
person's term of office as a county commissioner, except that initially said
chairman shall serve until the first Monday in December, 1962. serve at
the pleasure of the Stanly County Board of Commissioners, but only as long as
still serving as a county commissioner. Said chairman shall be
eligible to re-appointment provided he is re-elected as a member of the board
of county commissioners."
SECTION 3. Section 2 of Chapter 141, Session Laws of 1961, as amended by Chapter 355, Session Laws of 1975, and Chapter 237, Session Laws of 1983, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 2. Such commission shall be composed of twelve
members to be appointed by the Board of County Commissioners for Stanly County.
In making said appointments the board shall seek to achieve representation from
the various geographic areas of the county and to maintain equal balance
insofar as political party affiliation is concerned. In the event a vacancy
occurs in the membership of such commission because of death, resignation, or
otherwise, the board of county commissioners shall fill such vacancy by
appointing a member from the same section of the county and with the same
political affiliation as his predecessor. There is hereby imposed on such
member of the board of county commissioners as said board may designate the
duty to serve as chairman of the Economic Development Commission and such
commissioner, acting as chairman, shall be entitled to vote only in case of a
tie. In the event a vacancy occurs in the office of such commissioner, the
board of county The county board of commissioners shall designate
another member of said board as an alternate member to attend and vote if
the original appointee as chairman is unable to attend or is unable to vote.
to perform such duties."
SECTION 4. Section 2 of this act becomes effective December 6, 2010. The remainder of this act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 2nd day of July, 2009.
s/ Walter H. Dalton
President of the Senate
s/ Joe Hackney
Speaker of the House of Representatives