FILED SENATE
Mar 11, 2021
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
S.B. 260
SESSION 2021 PRINCIPAL CLERK
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SENATE BILL DRS45139-MCf-87B
Short Title: Mooresville Tourism Development Auth. Change. (Local)
Sponsors: Senator Sawyer (Primary Sponsor).
Referred to:
1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
2 AN ACT TO MODIFY THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE MOORESVILLE TOURISM
3 DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
4 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
5 SECTION 1. Section 2 of Chapter 296 of the 1991 Session Laws, as amended by
6 Section 2 of S.L. 1999-258, reads as rewritten:
7 "Sec. 2. Travel and Tourism Authority. (a) Appointment and membership. After the Town of
8 Mooresville adopts a resolution levying an occupancy tax under this act, it shall also adopt a
9 resolution creating a Travel and Tourism Authority, which shall be a public authority under the
10 Local Government Budget and Fiscal Control Act. The membership of the Authority shall consist
11 of: two members one member representing the Mooresville-South Iredell Chamber of
12 Commerce; two three members representing the motel or travel and tourism industry; one
13 member representing sites and attractions that increase the use of lodging, meeting, or convention
14 facilities in the area or attract tourists or business travelers to the area; one member appointed by
15 the Mooresville Town Board; and one member of the Mooresville Town Board. The resolution
16 shall provide for terms of office, and for the filling of vacancies on the Authority. The
17 Mooresville Town Board shall designate one voting member of the Authority as chair and shall
18 determine the compensation, if any, to be paid to members of the Authority. Members shall serve
19 at the pleasure of the Mooresville Town Board. The resolution required by this subsection may,
20 from time to time, be amended as the Mooresville Town Board of Commissioners may determine,
21 provided such amendments are consistent with the provisions of this act.
22 The Authority shall meet at the call of the chair and shall adopt rules of procedure to govern
23 its meetings. The rules of procedure shall include those rules of membership and attendance that
24 pertain to other boards and committees appointed by the Town Board to the extent such rules are
25 consistent with the provisions of this act. The Finance Officer for the Town of Mooresville shall
26 be the ex officio finance officer of the Authority.
27 …."
28 SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
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Statutes affected:
Edition 2: 166A-19.24