GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

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SENATE BILL 495

Second Edition Engrossed 5/6/09

 

Short Title:        Oak Ridge ETJ.

(Local)

Sponsors:

Senator Berger of Rockingham.

Referred to:

Finance.

March 11, 2009

 

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to authorize the extension of the extraterritorial JURISDICTION of the town of oak ridge.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Chapter 1 of the Charter of the Town of Oak Ridge, being S.L. 1998‑113, is amended by adding a new section to read:

"Section 1.3.  In accordance with G.S. 160A‑360, and in the territory described below, the Town of Oak Ridge shall exercise extraterritorial jurisdiction and may exercise any other power in accordance with Article 19 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes except that G.S. 160A‑360(a) and (e) do not apply:

(1)        Being that area in Guilford County, beginning at the intersection of County Line Road and the corporate limits of the Town of Oak Ridge, thence along County Line Road in a generally westerly direction to the Forsyth County line, thence north along the county line to the corporate limits of the Town of Stokesdale, then following the corporate limits of the Town of Stokesdale to the point where the corporate limits of the Town of Stokesdale and the Town of Oak Ridge intersect, thence along the corporate limits of the Town of Oak Ridge beginning in a southeasterly direction and following the western side of the corporate limits of the Town of Oak Ridge.

(2)        Being that area in Guilford County west of North Carolina Highway 68 that on March 1, 2009, was entirely surrounded by the corporate limits of the Town of Stokesdale and the Town of Oak Ridge.

(3)        Being those areas in Guilford County west of North Carolina Highway 68 that on March 1, 2009, were entirely surrounded by the corporate limits of the Town of Oak Ridge.

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.