NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 1167

HOUSE BILL 1602

AN ACT TO INCREASE THE MINIMUM DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR WHICH FORMAL BIDS ARE REQUIRED FOR ORANGE COUNTY, AND TO AUTHORIZE THAT COUNTY TO ABOLISH A FIRE DISTRICT.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. G.S. 143-129, as amended by Chapter 1081, Session Laws of 1979 (Second Session 1980) is amended in line 5 of the first paragraph by deleting the words and figures "five thousand dollars ($5,000)", and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures "ten thousand dollars ($10,000)".

Sec. 2. No purchase of apparatus, supplies, materials, or equipment by Orange County requiring an estimated expenditure equal to or more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), but less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) may be made without the approval of the Orange County Board of Commissioners.

Sec. 3. In addition to the procedure of G.S. 69-25.10 for abolishing a fire district, whenever part or all of the territory of an existing fire district is included in a petition to establish a new fire district under G.S. 69-25.1, and a majority of the qualified voters at said election vote in favor of levying and collecting a tax in the new district, then the board of commissioners may, by resolution, abolish the existing fire district.  Prior to abolishing the district, the board of commissioners shall conduct a public hearing and give notice to the owners of real property in the existing fire district by first class mail at least 10 days prior to the hearing, and shall publish a notice of the hearing no later than 10 days prior to the hearing.  If the district is abolished, funds and property shall be distributed, used, or disposed of as provided in G.S. 69-25.10.

Sec. 4. This act shall apply only to Orange County.

Sec. 5. This act is effective upon ratification.  Sections 1 and 2 shall expire July 1, 1983.  Section 3 shall expire July 1, 1981.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of June, 1980.