§ 160B-13 – Authority to borrow money and issue bonds.
160B-13. Authority to borrow money and issue bonds. A consolidated city-county may borrow money and issue its bonds under Chapter 159, Subchapter IV, and for those purposes shall be considered a unit of local government under Article 4 thereof and a municipality under Article 5 thereof. A consolidated city-county may borrow money and issue its […]
§ 160B-14 – Procedure for issuing general obligation and revenue bonds.
160B-14. Procedure for issuing general obligation and revenue bonds. In issuing its general obligation and revenue bonds, a consolidated city-county, except as expressly modified by this chapter, is subject to the provisions of Chapter 159 of the General Statutes of North Carolina. If a proposed bond issue is required by law to be submitted to […]
§ 160B-15 – Debt limitations.
160B-15. Debt limitations. The net indebtedness in the form of general obligations of a consolidated city-county for school purposes may not exceed eight percent (8%) of the appraised valuation of taxable property in the county. The net indebtedness in the form of general obligations of a consolidated city-county for all purposes other than for schools […]
§ 160B-16 – Applicability of this Article.
160B-16. Applicability of this Article. (a) This Article applies to any county that has (i) a population over 120,000 according to the most recent federal decennial census and (ii) an area of less than 200 square miles. (b) If this section is declared unconstitutional or invalid by the courts, it does not affect the validity […]
§ 160B-2.2 – Dissolution of consolidated city-county; establishment of study commission; purposes and powers of study commission.
160B-2.2. Dissolution of consolidated city-county; establishment of study commission; purposes and powers of study commission. (a) The governing board of a consolidated city-county may by resolution establish a governmental study commission to study all matters pertaining to the dissolution of the consolidated city-county and reestablishment of separate city and county government. The study commission may: […]
§ 160B-2.3 – Ethics.
160B-2.3. Ethics. (a) The governing board shall adopt a resolution or policy containing a code of ethics, as required by G.S. 160A-86. (b) All members of the governing board, whether elected or appointed, shall receive the ethics education required by G.S. 160A-87. (2009-403, s. 5.)
§ 160B-3 – Authority; purpose; administration.
160B-3. Authority; purpose; administration. (a) The governing board may define any number of urban service districts in order to finance, provide or maintain for the districts services, facilities and functions in addition to or to a greater extent than those financed, provided, or maintained for the entire consolidated city-county. (b) The powers, duties, functions, rights, […]
§ 160B-4 – Definition of urban service districts to replace municipalities abolished at the time of consolidation.
160B-4. Definition of urban service districts to replace municipalities abolished at the time of consolidation. (a) The governing board, by resolution, may define an urban service district within the boundaries of the largest municipality that existed in the county before consolidation and within the boundaries of any other municipality abolished at the time of the […]
§ 160B-5 – Definition of urban service districts to replace municipalities abolished subsequent to consolidation.
160B-5. Definition of urban service districts to replace municipalities abolished subsequent to consolidation. The governing board, by resolution, may define an urban service district within the boundaries of any municipality within the consolidated city-county the citizens of which, subsequent to the establishment of the consolidated city-county, have voted in a referendum to abolish their municipality […]
§ 160B-6 – Definition of urban service districts where no municipality existed.
160B-6. Definition of urban service districts where no municipality existed. (a) Standards. – The governing board, by resolution, may define an urban service district upon finding that a proposed district: (1) Has a resident population of at least 1,000; (2) Has a resident population density of at least one person per acre; (3) Has an […]