AN ACT authorizing the town of weddington to enter into long‑term agreements with volunteer fire departments to provide fire protection services to the citizens of the town.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  The Town of Weddington may enter into agreements with one or more organized volunteer fire departments, including the Providence Volunteer Fire Department, the Stallings Volunteer Fire Department, and the Wesley Chapel Volunteer Fire Department, to provide fire protection services to the citizens of the Town. The term of any individual agreement under this act shall not exceed 10 years. Any agreement under this act is a continuing agreement and is binding on and enforceable against the Town during the full term of the agreement. The Town and volunteer fire departments may modify or amend any agreement under this act on mutual written consent without the approval of the General Assembly.
SECTION 2.   This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 2nd day of May, 2013.

	s/	 Daniel J. Forest
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Paul Stam
	 Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives