The corporate powers and duties of the Richland-Lexington Airport District must be exercised and performed by a commission to be known as Richland-Lexington Airport Commission. The commission must be composed of twelve members. Five members must be appointed by the Lexington County Legislative Delegation, five members must be appointed by the Richland County Legislative Delegation, and two members must be appointed by the City Council of the City of Columbia. The members of the commission shall serve for terms of four years and until their successors are appointed. Members may not serve more than two consecutive terms. In the event of a vacancy for any reason, other than the expiration of a term, a successor must be appointed in the same manner of the original appointment for the balance of the unexpired term. Any member may be removed by the appointing authority for neglect of duty, misconduct, or malfeasance in office after being given a written statement of reasons and an opportunity to be heard. Notwithstanding the expiration of the term of office of any member, he shall continue to serve until his successor shall have been appointed, but any delay in appointing a successor shall not extend the term of the successor. The members of the commission shall serve without compensation, except for their actual and necessary expenses while in performance of duties prescribed under this article.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 2-390.14; 1961 (52) 53; 1962 (52) 1660; 1971 (57) 766; 1994 Act No. 403, Section 1, eff May 18, 1994; 2002 Act No. 326, Section 10, eff June 18, 2002; 2012 Act No. 117, Section 1, eff February 1, 2012; 2012 Act No. 270, Section 5, eff June 18, 2012.

Code Commissioner's Note

At the direction of the Code Commissioner, both 2012 amendments were read together. The text of the section from the first amendment by Act 117 is set forth above.

Editor's Note

1994 Act No. 403, Section 2, provides as follows:

"SECTION 2. The increase of the composition of the Richland-Lexington Airport Commission from eight to ten members as shown in the amendment to Section 55-11-320 of the 1976 Code in Section 1 of this act reflects the increase in the composition as provided in Section 5 of Act 292 of 1985 which was inadvertently not codified."

Effect of Amendment

The 1994 amendment increased the size of the commission from eight to ten members; limited membership to two consecutive terms; added "Any member may be removed by the appointing authority for neglect of duty, misconduct, or malfeasance in office after being given a written statement of reasons and an opportunity to be heard"; and made technical corrections.

The 2002 amendment substituted "twelve" for "ten", and "five" for "four" in two places.

The first 2012 amendment rewrote this section.