GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2011

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HOUSE BILL 280

Committee Substitute Favorable 3/31/11

Short Title:        County Law Enforcement Service District.	(Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:

March 10, 2011

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to change the qualification requirement for a county service district established for law enforcement.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 153A-301(a)(10) reads as rewritten:

"(a)       The board of commissioners of any county may define any number of service districts in order to finance, provide, or maintain for the districts one or more of the following services, facilities and functions in addition to or to a greater extent than those financed, provided or maintained for the entire county:

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(10)      Law enforcement if all of the following apply:

a.         The population of the county is (i) over 500,000 900,000 according to the most recent federal decennial census. census, and (ii) less than ten percent (10%) of the population of the county is in an unincorporated area according to the most recent federal decennial census.

b.         The county has an interlocal agreement or agreements with a city municipality or municipalities for the provision of in the county under which the city provides law enforcement services in the entire unincorporated area of the county.

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