Enacts new GS 153A­277(a1) (county utility fees) and GS 160A­314(a1) (city utility fees), exempting airports from paying a stormwater utility fee levied on its runways and taxiways by counties and cities, and directing the airports to use the amount of savings realized from this exemption for attracting business to the airport and to certify to the county or city with evidence and certification that the savings are being used for this purpose, or to remit the portion not used or encumbered for this purpose to the county or city.

Effective January 1, 2018, and applicable to fees levied on or after that date.