Amends GS 113A-56, concerning the North Carolina Sedimentation Control Commission's jurisdiction, by adding the following. Allows an airport authority operating an airport located wholly or in part in a county with a population greater than 250,000 to elect to be regulated under the jurisdiction of a local sedimentation and erosion control program (local program). Allows an airport authority making this election that is located in more than one county to elect to be regulated under local programs in each county for property of the airport authority located in each county. Subjects an airport authority that makes local program election to the following: (1) the governing board of the local government operating the local program must enact a resolution accepting jurisdiction over the airport authority, (2) the airport authority must provide notice to the Commission that includes specified information, and (3) any existing erosion and sedimentation control permits issued by the Commission must remain under the Commission's jurisdiction until the airport authority has submitted a permit modification request to transfer the permit to the local program. Makes additional conforming changes.

Amends GS 113A-52 to define airport authority.

Effective October 1, 2023.