GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 642

HOUSE BILL 1222

 

AN ACT TO ALLOW COUNTY SERVICE DISTRICTS ESTABLISHED FOR FIRE PROTECTION PURPOSES TO ALSO FURNISH EMERGENCY MEDICAL, RESCUE AND AMBULANCE SERVICES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Article 16 of Chapter 153A of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 153A-309.  EMS Services in Fire Protection Districts. - (a) If a service district is established under this Article for fire protection purposes under G.S. 153A-301(2), and it was not also established under this Article for ambulance and rescue purposes under G.S. 153A-301(7), the board of county commissioners may, by resolution, permit the service district to provide emergency medical, rescue, and/or ambulance services, and may levy property taxes for such purposes under G.S. 153A-307.

(b)       The resolution expanding the purposes of the district under this section shall take effect at the beginning of a fiscal year commencing after its passage."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 29th day of June, 1983.