GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1983 SESSION
CHAPTER 642
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. Article 16 of Chapter 153A of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 153A-309. EMS Services in Fire Protection Districts. - (a) If a service district is established under this Article for fire protection purposes under G.S. 153A-301(2), and it was not also established under this Article for ambulance and rescue purposes under G.S. 153A-301(7), the board of county commissioners may, by resolution, permit the service district to provide emergency medical, rescue, and/or ambulance services, and may levy property taxes for such purposes under G.S. 153A-307.
(b) The resolution expanding the purposes of the district under this section shall take effect at the beginning of a fiscal year commencing after its passage."
Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 29th day of June, 1983.