GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2011

SESSION LAW 2011-100

HOUSE BILL 280

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.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 23^rd day of May, 2011.

                                                    s/  Walter H. Dalton

                                                         President of the Senate

                                                    s/  Dale R. Folwell

                                                         Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives

                                                    s/  Beverly E. Perdue

                                                         Governor

Approved 8:50 a.m. this 31^st day of May, 2011