NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 148

HOUSE BILL 10

AN ACT TO AMEND AND CONSOLIDATE LAWS RELATING TO AERONAUTICS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 113-28.5 is hereby amended by repealing Subsection (b).

Sec. 2.  G.S. 113-28.6(7) is hereby amended by adding the words "promote aviation safety throughout the State and" immediately preceding the words "conduct such" in line 1.

Sec. 3.  G.S. 113-28.8(2) is hereby amended by adding after the last sentence, the following sentence: "Further, the Department of Transportation may contract out the maintenance and installation of State-owned navigational aids when necessary and may give or transfer such aids to the Federal Aviation Administration."

Sec. 4.  G.S. 113-28.11(a) is hereby amended by adding after the last sentence, the following sentence: "The department shall also have the authority to enter into contracts with the Federal Aviation Administration or its successor agency for aeronautics related purposes."

Sec. 5.  Article 1B of Chapter 113 of the General Statutes is recodified as Article 7 of Chapter 63, to be numbered as follows: G.S. 113-28.5 shall become G.S. 63-65; G.S. 113-28.6 shall become G.S. 63-66; G.S. 113-28.7 shall become G.S. 63-67; G.S. 113-28.8 shall become G.S. 63-68; G.S. 113-28.9 shall become G.S. 63-69; G.S. 113-28.10 shall become G.S. 63-70; G.S. 113-28.11 shall become G.S. 63-71; G.S. 113-28.12 shall become G.S. 63-72.

Sec. 6.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of March, 1979.