GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2017

 

SESSION LAW 2017-38

HOUSE BILL 491

 

 

AN ACT to allow Henderson County to change the boundary of certain fire tax districts by resolution of the board of County Commissioners.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

SECTION 1.  Section 1 of S.L. 2000‑4, as amended by S.L. 2011‑50, reads as rewritten:

"Section 1. (a) Notwithstanding G.S. 69‑25.11, the boundaries of any fire protection district in Henderson County established under Article 3A of Chapter 69 of the General Statutes may be changed by resolution of the Board of Commissioners of Henderson County to follow the boundaries shown on the map in Attachment A to a resolution adopted by that board on March 17, 1999.

(b)        Notwithstanding G.S. 69‑25.11, the boundaries of any fire protection district in Henderson County established under Article 3A of Chapter 69 of the General Statutes may be changed by resolution of the Board of Commissioners of Henderson County as follows:

(1)        to To include any unincorporated area of the county not already in such a fire protection district if (i) in that resolution all of such unincorporated areas, other than those owned by the United States, are placed in some fire protection district and (ii) no fire district contains any new noncontiguous territory other than a noncontiguity caused by exclusion of property owned by the United States.

(2)        To transfer areas from one protection district to another, when (i) the transfer is jointly requested by the fire departments serving those areas before and after the proposed transfer and (ii) a description or map of the areas to be transferred is included as an appendix to the resolution.

Any resolution adopted under this subsection becomes effective the first day of the next fiscal year."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 21st day of June, 2017.

 

 

                                                                    s/  Daniel J. Forest

                                                                         President of the Senate

 

 

                                                                    s/  Tim Moore

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives