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policies as provided by this Article, all employment benefits currently available to the Airport Employees, including, but not limited to, health care benefits, retirement benefits, disability insurance, life insurance, and accrued time off or leave, and the Commission shall promptly reimburse the City the costs of providing such benefits. "Section 5.61A. Annual Reports. The Commission shall make annual reports to the Cabarrus, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, and Union County Boards of Commissioners and the Council setting forth a summary of its general operations and transactions conducted by it pursuant to this Article. "Section 5.62. Statutory Construction. The powers of the Commission created by this Article shall be construed liberally in favor of the Commission. No listing of powers included in this Article is intended to be exclusive or restrictive, and the specific mention of, or failure to mention, particular powers in this act shall not be construed as limiting in any way the general powers of the Commission as stated in Section 5.56 of this Charter. It is the intent of this Article to grant the Commission full power and right to exercise all authority necessary for the effective operation and conduct of the Commission. It is further intended that the Commission should have all implied powers necessary or incidental to carrying out the expressed powers and the expressed purposes for which the Commission is created. The fact that this Article specifically states that the Commission possesses a certain power does not mean that the Commission must exercise such power unless this Article specifically so requires. "Section 5.63. Initial Guidance. In its initial decisions, the Commission shall consider the consultant recommendations made to the City in 2013 concerning governance of the Airport." SECTION 4.(a) There is created as an agency of the City of Charlotte the Charlotte Douglas International Airport Oversight Committee (Committee), which shall consist of five members appointed as follows: (1) One by the Governor. (2) One by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. (3) One by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. (4) One by the Mayor of the City of Charlotte. (5) One by the City Council of the City of Charlotte. SECTION 4.(b) The Committee shall monitor the actions of the Charlotte Douglas International Airport Commission (Commission) established by this act and make regular reports and recommendations, if needed (including, but not limited to, an interim report in June of 2014 and a final report in June of 2015) to the Mayor and City Council on the following points: (1) Whether the Charlotte Douglas International Airport (Airport) continues to be one of the best performing and lowest cost major hub airports. (2) Whether that Airport finances are completely separate from those of the State or of any local government. (3) Whether the Airport contracts and pays for only the services it needs and uses, including services from the State or from any local government. (4) Whether the Airport continues to have a compensation system that enables it to attract and retain top talent. (5) Whether the operations of the Commission comply with the provisions of this act. SECTION 4.(e) The initial meeting of the Committee shall be called by the mayoral appointee or by any three members. A quorum is three members. The Committee may adopt other rules of procedure that do not conflict with State law. SEC'T'ION 4.(d) This section expires and the Committee terminates July 1, 2015. SECTION 5. If any provision of this act or its application is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this act that can be given effect without the invalid provisions or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are severable. Senate Bill 380 - Ratified Session Law 2013 -358 Pae 7 Attac ment number 1 H -1 Page 443