GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION

CHAPTER 415
HOUSE BILL 804

AN ACT MAKING SUNDRY AMENDMENTS CONCERNING LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN CHATHAM COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  The Charter of the Town of Pittsboro, being Chapter 348, Session Laws of 1973, as amended, is amended by adding a new Article to read:
"Article XV.  Extraterritorial Jurisdiction.
"Sec. 15.l. Extraterritorial Jurisdiction.
(a)	All of the powers granted by Article 19, Chapter 160A of the General Statutes may be exercised by the Town within its corporate limits and may be exercised within a defined area extending not more than one mile beyond its corporate limits.
(b)	In addition, the Town may exercise said powers with the approval of the board of county commissioners having jurisdiction within a defined area in Chatham County extending beyond the extraterritorial limits set forth in (a) above."
Sec. 2.  The Charter of the Town of Siler City, being Chapter 88, Private Laws of 1887, as amended, is amended by adding a new section to read:
"Sec. 2.2.  Extraterritorial Jurisdiction.
(a)	All of the powers granted by Article 19, Chapter 160A of the General Statutes may be exercised by the Town within its corporate limits and may be exercised within a defined area extending not more than one mile beyond its corporate limits.
(b)	In addition, the Town may exercise said powers with the approval of the board of county commissioners having jurisdiction within a defined area in Chatham County extending beyond the extraterritorial limit set forth in (a) above."
Sec. 3.  (a) Chapter 595, Session Laws of 1985 is repealed.
(b)	Effective January 1, 1991, Chapter 595, Session Laws of 1985 is reenacted.
(c)	This section applies to the Town of Pittsboro and Chatham County but does not apply to the Town of Siler City.
Sec. 4.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 22nd day of June, 1989.