AN ACT to authorize the foothills regional airport authority to acquire and convey property to the state of north Carolina for use as a correctional facility as part of the state prison system.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  The Foothills Regional Airport Authority, a body politic and corporate, may acquire real and personal property and convey that property to the State of North Carolina for use as a correctional facility as part of the State Prison System.  Any property now held by the Foothills Regional Airport Authority, regardless of the purpose for which the property was acquired, may be conveyed to the State for use as a correctional facility.  Conveyances made under the authority granted by this act may be made with or without consideration and on any terms that the Authority deems appropriate.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 11th day of July, 2005. 

	s/	 Marc Basnight
	 President Pro Tempore of the Senate

	s/	 James B. Black
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives