§ 77-75. Powers of the Commission; administration and funding.
§77‑75. Powers of the Commission; administration and funding.
(a) Within the limitsof funds available to it and subject to the provisions of this Article and ofany joint resolution, the Commission may:
(1) Hire and fix thecompensation of permanent and temporary employees and staff as it may deemnecessary in carrying out its duties;
(2) Contract withconsultants for services it requires;
(3) Contract with theState of North Carolina or the federal government, or any agency ordepartment, or subdivision of them, for property or services as may beprovided to or by these agencies and carry out the provisions of thesecontracts;
(4) Contract withpersons, firms, and corporations generally as to all matters over which it hasa proper concern, and carry out the provisions of contracts;
(5) Lease, rent,purchase, or otherwise obtain suitable quarters and office space for itsemployees and staff, and lease, rent, purchase, or otherwise obtain furniture,fixtures, vessels, vehicles, firearms, uniforms, and other supplies andequipment necessary or desirable for carrying out the duties imposed in orunder the authority of this Article; and
(6) Lease, rent,purchase, construct, otherwise obtain, maintain, operate, repair, and replace,either on its own or in cooperation with other public or private agencies orindividuals, any of the following: boat docks, navigation aids, waterwaymarkers, public information signs and notices, and other items of real andpersonal property designed to enhance public safety in Mountain Island Lakeand its shoreline area, or protection of property in the shoreline areasubject however to Chapter 113 of the General Statutes and rules promulgatedunder that Chapter.
(b) The Commission mayaccept, receive, and disburse in furtherance of its functions any funds,grants, services, or property made available by the federal government or itsagencies or subdivisions, by the State of North Carolina or its agencies orsubdivisions, or by private and civic sources.
(c) The governingboards of the three counties may appropriate funds to the Commission out ofsurplus funds or funds derived from nontax sources. They may appropriatefunds out of tax revenues and may also levy annually property taxes for thepayments of such appropriation as a special purpose, in addition to anyallowed by the Constitution, or as provided by G.S. 153A‑149.
(d) The Commissionshall be subject to those audit requirements as may be specified in any jointresolution.
(e) In carrying out itsduties and either in addition to or in lieu of exercising various provisionsof the above authorization, the Commission may, with the agreement of thegoverning board of the county concerned, utilize personnel and property of orassign responsibilities to any officer or employee of any of the threecounties. Such contribution in kind, if substantial, may with the agreement ofthe other two counties be deemed to substitute in whole or in part for the financial contribution required of that county in support of the Commission.
(f) Unless otherwisespecified by joint resolution, each of the three counties shall annuallycontribute an equal financial contribution to the Commission in an amountappropriate to support the activities of the Commission in carrying out itsduties. (1997‑257, s. 6.)