GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 256

HOUSE BILL 633

 

AN ACT TO ALLOW THE BLADEN AND WAKE COUNTIES BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TO REDUCE THE PETITION REQUIREMENT FOR ANNEXATION TO A FIRE DISTRICT.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 69-25.11(1) is amended by adding the following immediately before the period at the end:

"; provided that the board of county commissioners of a county may, by ordinance, lower the requirement of a two-thirds majority of the owners to some lesser number, but no less than a majority of the owners, under the following conditions:

a.         such lower requirement may only apply if all of the territory to be included within the fire protection district is within one mile of the boundaries of the fire protection district at the time the application is received; and

b.         such ordinance may only be adopted, amended, or repealed after a public hearing before the board of county commissioners, notice of which is given by publication not more than 30 nor less than 14 days before the hearing in a newspaper having general circulation in the district."

Sec. 2.  This act applies to Bladen and Wake Counties only.

Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 24th day of May, 1985.