2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 116 - Higher Education.
§ 116-271. General provisions.
Article 33.
Airport Authorities.
§ 116‑271. General provisions.
(a) As provided by G.S. 116‑11(12c), the Board of Governors may create one airport authority to support the missions of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill or the University of North Carolina Health Care System. An authority so created shall be a political subdivision of the State. The territorial jurisdiction of the authority shall be the county in which the airport may be established under subsection (c) of this section.
(b) To create an airport authority under this Article, the Board of Governors by resolution shall:
(1) Name the authority.
(2) Describe the input from affected local jurisdictions.
(3) Consider eligibility for State and federal funding.
(4) Find that the authority is essential to support the missions of The University of North Carolina.
(c) An airport established under this Article may only be established in Orange County. The sole purpose of the authority is to resite Horace Williams Airport and operate the resited airport.
(d) No member of the General Assembly may serve on an airport authority created under this Article. (2008‑204, s. 4.2.)
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