FILED SENATE
Mar 1, 2021
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
S.B. 169
SESSION 2021 PRINCIPAL CLERK
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SENATE BILL DRS45102-MCf-102
Short Title: Modify Kinston-Lenoir County TDA Membership. (Local)
Sponsors: Senator Perry (Primary Sponsor).
Referred to:
1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
2 AN ACT TO MODIFY THE COMPOSITION OF THE KINSTON-LENOIR COUNTY
3 TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
4 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
5 SECTION 1. Subsection 2(a) of Chapter 561 of the 1987 Session Laws, as amended
6 by Chapters 576 and 770 of the 1989 Session Laws and by Section 1 of Chapter 76 of the 1992
7 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
8 "(a) Appointment and membership. When the board of commissioners adopts a resolution
9 levying a room occupancy tax under this act, it shall also adopt a resolution creating the
10 Kinston-Lenoir County Tourism Development Authority, which shall be a public authority under
11 the Local Government Budget and Fiscal Control Act. The resolution shall provide that the
12 Authority shall be composed of the following seven members:
13 (1) A Lenoir County Commissioner appointed by the board of commissioners;
14 (2) A member of the Kinston City Council appointed by the city council;
15 (3) Two owners or operators of motels, hotels, or other taxable accommodations
16 in Lenoir County that have at least 50 units, appointed as follows: one by the
17 Kinston City Council and one by the Lenoir County Board of Commissioners;
18 and
19 (4) Three individuals involved in the tourist business who have demonstrated an
20 interest in tourist development and do not own or operate hotels, motels, or
21 other taxable tourist accommodations, appointed as follows: one by the
22 Kinston City Council, one by the Lenoir County Chamber of Commerce,
23 Authority, and one by the Lenoir County Board of Commissioners.
24 All members of the Authority shall serve without compensation. Vacancies shall be filled in
25 the same manner as original appointments. Members appointed to fill vacancies shall serve for
26 the remainder of the unexpired term. The Authority shall elect each year from its membership a
27 chairman. No member may serve as chairman more than two one-year terms in succession. The
28 Authority shall meet at the call of the chairman or of any three members and shall adopt rules of
29 procedure to govern its meetings. The Finance Officer for Lenoir County shall be the ex officio
30 finance officer of the Authority."
31 SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
*DRS45102-MCf-102*