§ 69-25.15 – When district or portion thereof annexed by municipality furnishing fire protection.
69-25.15. When district or portion thereof annexed by municipality furnishing fire protection. (a) When the whole or any portion of a fire protection district has been annexed by a municipality furnishing fire protection to its citizens, then such fire protection district or the portion thereof so annexed shall immediately thereupon cease to be a fire […]
§ 69-25.16 – Exclusion from rural fire protection districts.
69-25.16. Exclusion from rural fire protection districts. There shall be excluded from any rural fire protection district, and the provisions of this Article shall not apply to, an electric generating plant, together with associated land and facilities, which provides electricity to the public; provided that this section shall not apply to any rural fire protection […]
§ 69-25.17 – Validation of fire protection funds appropriated in providing rescue and ambulance services.
69-25.17. Validation of fire protection funds appropriated in providing rescue and ambulance services. All prior appropriations and expenditures by any county board of commissioners of funds derived from taxes levied in rural fire protection districts, but used to provide rescue and ambulance services within said districts, are hereby approved, confirmed, validated, and declared to be […]
§ 69-25.5 – Methods of providing fire protection.
69-25.5. Methods of providing fire protection. Upon the levy of such tax, the board of county commissioners shall, to the extent of the taxes collected hereunder, provide fire protection for the district – (1) By contracting with any incorporated city or town, with any incorporated nonprofit volunteer or community fire department, or with the Department […]
§ 69-25.6 – Municipal corporations empowered to make contracts.
69-25.6. Municipal corporations empowered to make contracts. Municipal corporations are hereby empowered to make contracts to carry out the purposes of this Article. (1951, c. 820, s. 6.)
§ 69-25.7 – Administration of special fund; fire protection district commission.
69-25.7. Administration of special fund; fire protection district commission. The special fund provided by the tax herein authorized shall be administered to provide fire protection as provided in G.S. 69-25.5 by the board of county commissioners or the joint boards of county commissioners, if the area lies in more than one county, or by a […]
§ 69-25.8 – Authority, rights, privileges and immunities of counties, etc., performing services under Article.
69-25.8. Authority, rights, privileges and immunities of counties, etc., performing services under Article. Any county, municipal corporation or fire protection district performing any of the services authorized by this Article shall be subject to the same authority and immunities as a county would enjoy in the operation of a county fire department within the county, […]
§ 69-25.9 – Procedure when area lies in more than one county.
69-25.9. Procedure when area lies in more than one county. In the event that an area petitioning for a tax election under this Article lies in more than one county said petition shall be submitted to the board of county commissioners of all the counties in which said area lies and election shall be called […]
§ 69-25.10 – Means of abolishing tax district.
69-25.10. Means of abolishing tax district. Upon a petition of fifteen percent (15%) of the resident freeholders of any special fire protection district or area, at intervals of not less than two years, the board of county commissioners or the joint boards of county commissioners, if the area lies in more than one county, shall […]
§ 69-25.11 – Changes in area of district.
69-25.11. Changes in area of district. After a fire protection district has been established under the provisions of this Article and fire protection commissioners have been appointed, changes in the area may be made as follows: (1) The area of any fire protection district may be increased by including within the boundaries of the district […]