GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1983 SESSION

CHAPTER 444 
SENATE BILL 349 

AN ACT TO AMEND THE ENABLING ACT OF THE GREENSBORO-HIGH POINT AIRPORT AUTHORITY. 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  That Chapter 1078, Session Laws of 1979 (Second Session, 1980), which reenacted, ratified, validated and confirmed Chapter 98, Public-Local Laws of 1941, as amended by Chapter 601, Session Laws of 1943, Chapter 137, Session Laws of 1945, Chapter 1198, Session Laws of 1957, and Chapter 793, Session Laws of 1969, be, and the same is hereby amended in the following respects: 
(a)	By amending Section (h) of Section 3 of said Chapter 1078 of the Session Laws of 1979 (Second Session, 1980), to read as follows: 
"(h)	Private property needed by said Airport Authority for any airport, landing field, or facilities of same may be acquired by gift or devise, or may be acquired by private purchase or by the exercise of the power of eminent domain by the Airport Authority according to the procedures and subject to the provisions applicable to a 'Local Public Condemnor' under Chapter 40A of the General Statutes of North Carolina. Avigation easements needed by the Airport Authority for any airport, landing field or facilities of same may likewise be acquired by gift, devise, or private purchase or by the exercise of the power of eminent domain by said Authority according to the procedures and subject to the provisions applicable to a 'Local Public Condemnor' under Chapter 40A of the General Statutes of North Carolina." 
(b)	By adding to Section 3 of said Chapter 1078 of said Session Laws of 1979 (Second Session, 1980), a new section immediately following Section (k) which shall be designated Section (l) and shall read as follows: 
"(l)	Violation of any rule or regulation of the Airport Authority relating to the conduct, safety, or welfare of the public while upon the Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem Regional Airport or relating to the use by the public of said Airport adopted pursuant to the power vested in said Airport Authority under Section (d)(5) of this Section 3 and published, filed and posted as hereinafter provided shall constitute a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) or imprisonment for not more than 30 days, in the discretion of the court. The Authority shall cause to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in Guilford County, North Carolina, and qualified to publish legal advertising, not more than 30 days nor less then seven days before any such rule or regulation is introduced for adoption by the Authority, a notice describing the general nature of the rule or regulation and setting forth the time, date, and place of the meeting of the Authority when and where the Authority will consider the adoption of the same and stating that if the same is adopted, the violation thereof shall constitute a misdemeanor under the Enabling Act of the Authority. All such rules and regulations so adopted shall be recorded in the proceedings of the Authority and a true copy of all such rules and regulations, certified under the hand of the Secretary and the seal of the Authority, shall be: (a) filed with the Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners of Guilford County, North Carolina, with the City Clerk of the City of Greensboro, North Carolina, and with the City Clerk of the City of High Point, North Carolina; and (b) posted at a public place in the enplaning level of the terminal building of the Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem Regional Airport and in a public place in the deplaning level of said terminal building." 
Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. 
Sec. 3.  If any one or more sections, clauses, sentences or parts of this act shall be adjudged invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remaining provisions thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the specific provisions held invalid, and the inapplicability or invalidity of any section, clause, sentence or part of this act in one or more instances or circumstances shall not be taken to affect or prejudice in any way its applicability or validity in any other instance. 
Sec. 4.  This act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification. 
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 6th day of June, 1983.