160A-535. Title; effective date. This Article may be cited as "The Municipal Service District Act of 1973," and is enacted pursuant to Article V, Sec. 2(4) of the Constitution of North Carolina, effective July 1, 1973. (1973, c. 655, s. 1.)
160A-536. Purposes for which districts may be established. (a) Purposes. – The city council of any city 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, or functions in addition to or to a greater extent than those financed, […]
160A-537. Definition of service districts. (a) Standards. – The city council of any city may by ordinance define a service district upon finding that a proposed district is in need of one or more of the services, facilities, or functions listed in G.S. 160A-536 to a demonstrably greater extent than the remainder of the city. […]
160A-538. Extension of service districts. (a) Standards. – The city council may by ordinance annex territory to any service district upon finding that: (1) The area to be annexed is contiguous to the district, with at least one eighth of the area’s aggregate external boundary coincident with the existing boundary of the district; (2) That […]
160A-538.1. Reduction of service districts. (a) Reduction by City Council. – Upon finding that there is no longer a need to include within a particular service district any certain tract or parcel of land, the city council may by ordinance redefine a service district by removing therefrom any tract or parcel of land which it […]
160A-539. Consolidation of service districts. (a) The city council may by ordinance consolidate two or more service districts upon finding that: (1) The districts are contiguous or are in a continuous boundary; and (2) The services provided in each of the districts are substantially the same; or (3) If the services provided are lower for […]
160A-540. Required provision or maintenance of services. (a) New District. – When a city defines a new service district, it shall provide, maintain, or let contracts for the services for which the residents of the district are being taxed within a reasonable time, not to exceed one year, after the effective date of the definition […]
160A-541. Abolition of service districts. Upon finding that there is no longer a need for a particular service district, the city council may by ordinance abolish that district. The council shall hold a public hearing before adopting an ordinance abolishing a district. Notice of the hearing shall state the date, hour and place of the […]
160A-542. Taxes authorized; rate limitation. (a) A city may levy property taxes within defined service districts in addition to those levied throughout the city, in order to finance, provide or maintain for the district services provided therein in addition to or to a greater extent than those financed, provided or maintained for the entire city. […]
160A-543. Bonds authorized. A city may incur debt under general law to finance services, facilities or functions provided within a service district. If a proposed general obligation bond issue is required by law to be submitted to and approved by the voters of the city, and if the proceeds of the proposed bond issue are […]
160A-544. Exclusion of personal property of public service corporations. There shall be excluded from any service district and the provisions of this Article shall not apply to the personal property of any public service corporation as defined in G.S. 160A-243(c); provided that this section shall not apply to any service district in existence on January […]
