GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2007

SESSION LAW 2008-54

HOUSE BILL 2763

AN ACT to increase the membership of the Currituck County Tourism development authority from six to eight members.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 1.1 of Chapter 209 of the 1987 Session Laws, as added by Section 3 of S.L. 2004-95, reads as rewritten:

"Section 1.1. Currituck County Tourism Development Authority. - (a)  Appointment and Membership. - When the board of commissioners adopts a resolution levying a room occupancy tax under this act, it shall also adopt a resolution creating a county Tourism Development Authority, which shall be a public authority under the Local Government Budget and Fiscal Control Act. The Authority shall be composed of six eight members:  five seven voting members and one ex officio nonvoting member. The ex officio nonvoting member shall be the county's designated travel and tourism representative. The voting members shall be as follows:

(1)       The county commissioner representing the Moyock Township.Commissioner Residency District 1.

(2)       The county commissioner representing the Crawford Township.Commissioner Residency District 2.

(3)       The county commissioner representing the Poplar Branch Township. Commissioner Residency District 3.

(4)       The county commissioner representing the Fruitville Township. Commissioner Residency District 4.

(5)       The county commissioner representing Commissioner Residency District 5.

(6)       The two at-large county commissioner.commissioners.

(b)       Administration. - The resolution creating the Authority shall designate one member of the Authority to serve as the initial chair and provide for the members' terms of office and for the filling of vacancies on the Authority. After the initial term, the Authority must elect a chair from among its members. The members of the Authority shall serve without pay. The Authority shall meet at the call of the chair and shall adopt rules of procedure to govern its meetings. The Finance Officer for Currituck County shall be the ex officio finance officer of the Authority.

(c)       Duties. - The Authority shall expend the net proceeds of the tax levied under this act for the purposes provided in Section 1 of this act. The Authority shall promote travel, tourism, and conventions in the county, sponsor tourist-related events and activities in the county, and finance tourist-related capital projects in the county.

(d)       Reports. - The Authority shall report quarterly and at the close of the fiscal year to the board of commissioners on its receipts and expenditures for the preceding quarter and for the year in such detail as the board may require."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective December 2, 2008.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 3^rd day of July, 2008.

                                                                    s/ Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         President of the Senate

                                                                    s/ Joe Hackney

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives