GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
SESSION LAW 2002-9
HOUSE BILL 1613
AN ACT TO REVISE THE BOUNDARIES OF THE HARTSEASE AND HARRISON FIRE TAX DISTRICTS IN EDGECOMBE COUNTY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. Section 1 of Chapter 187 of the 1995 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Section 1. The boundaries of the Heartsease Fire Tax District in Edgecombe County are as follows:
HEARTSEASE FIRE TAX DISTRICT
BEGINNING at point (1) on N. C. Highway 97, 1.0 miles east
of its intersection with S.R. 1404 (New Hope Church Road) and said beginning
point also being in the common boundary of Heartsease Volunteer Fire Department
Fire Tax District and the Leggett Volunteer Fire Department Fire Tax District
and thence running southwesterly with the line of the existing Leggett
Volunteer Fire Department Fire Tax District and following the Tar River to
point (2) where the Tar River intersects with the Town of Tarboro Corporate
Limits; thence running Southwesterly with the Town of Tarboro Corporate Limits
to point (3) at the intersection of U.S. Highway 64 Alternate and N.C. Highway
33; thence running along and with the Town of Tarboro Corporate Limits westerly
to point (4) on U.S. Highway 64 Alternate 1.1 miles west of its intersection
with S.R. 1207 (McNair Road); thence running southerly along and with the Town
of Tarboro Corporate Limits and line of the Princeville Volunteer Fire
Department Fire Tax District to point (5) at the intersection of S.R. 1207
(McNair Road) and S.R. 1208 (Howard Avenue Extension); thence running in a
westerly direction following the centerline of S.R. 1208 (Howard Avenue
Extension) and along the line of the Princeville Volunteer Fire Department Fire
Tax District to point (6) on S.R. 1208 (Howard Avenue Extension), 0.3 miles
southwest of its intersection with S.R. 1225 (Kingsboro Road); thence
continuing with the line of the Princeville Volunteer Fire Department Fire Tax
District northwesterly to point (7) on S.R. 1223 (Antioch Road), a point which
is 1.3 miles southwest of its intersection with S.R. 1225 (Kingsboro Road) and
also being a point in the line of the West Edgecombe Volunteer Fire Department
Fire Tax District; thence running northwesterly with the line of the West
Edgecombe Volunteer Fire Department Fire Tax District to point (8), on S.R.
1226 (Melton Road), 0.7 miles south of its intersection with U. S. Highway 64
Alternate; thence continuing with the line of the West Edgecombe Volunteer Fire
Department Fire Tax District in a southwesterly direction to point (9) on U. S.
Highway 64 Alternate, 0.4 miles west of its intersection with S.R. 1226 (Melton
Road); thence running in a northerly direction continuing with the line of the
West Edgecombe Volunteer Fire Department Fire Tax District to and with Tar
River to point (10) on N. C. Highway 97, 0.2 miles northwest with its
intersection with Leggett Road and also being in the line of the Battleboro
Volunteer Fire Department Harrison Fire Tax District; thence running
northeasterly along and with the line of the Battleboro Volunteer Fire
Department Harrison Fire Tax District to point 11 on S.R. 1407
(Battleboro-Leggett Road), 1.2 miles northwest of its intersection with S.R.
1408 (New Hope Church Road); thence continuing with the Battleboro Volunteer Fire
Department Harrison Fire Tax District northerly and southerly to the line of
the Leggett Volunteer Fire Department Fire Tax District and along the Leggett
Volunteer Fire Department Fire Tax District line to point (12) of S.R. 1407
(Battleboro-Leggett Road), 0.4 miles southeast of its intersection with S.R.
1208 (New Hope Church Road) and thence continuing along and with the Leggett
Volunteer Fire Department Fire Tax District southeasterly to point (1) the
point of beginning, all as the same appears on a map on file in the Office of
the Emergency Services Coordinator of Edgecombe County in the Edgecombe County
Administrative Offices at 201 St. Andrews Street in Tarboro, North Carolina and
which has been signed and dated by the Edgecombe County Emergency Services
Coordinator, the Chief of the Heartsease Volunteer Fire Department and the
President of the Edgecombe County Association of Volunteer Fire Departments.Beginning
at point (1) on NC Highway 97, 1.0 miles east of its intersection with S.R.
1408 (New Hope Church Road) and said beginning point also being in the common
boundary of Heartsease Volunteer Fire Department Fire Tax District and the
Leggett Volunteer Fire Department Tax District and thence running southeasterly
with the line of the existing Leggett Volunteer Fire Department Fire Tax
District and following the Tar River to point (2) where the Tar River
intersects with the Town of Tarboro Corporate Limits; thence running
Southwesterly and Westerly with the Town of Tarboro Corporate Limits to point (3)
on US Highway 64 Alternate 1.1 miles west of its intersection with SR 1207
(McNair Road); thence running southerly along and with the Town of Tarboro
Corporate Limits and line of the Princeville Volunteer Fire Department Fire Tax
District to point (4) at the intersection of SR 1207 (McNair Road) and SR 1208
(Howard Avenue Extension); thence running in a westerly direction following the
centerline of SR 1208 (Howard Avenue Extension) and along the line of the
Princeville Volunteer Fire Department Fire Tax District to point (5) on SR 1208
(Howard Avenue Extension), 0.3 miles southwest of its intersection with SR 1225
(Kingsboro Road); thence continuing with the line of the Princeville Volunteer
Fire Department Fire Tax District northwesterly to point (6) on SR 1223
(Antioch Road), a point which is 1.3 miles southwest of its intersection with
SR 1225 (Kingsboro Road), and also being a point in the line of the West
Edgecombe Volunteer Fire Department Fire Tax District; thence running
northwesterly with the line of the West Edgecombe Volunteer Fire Department
Fire Tax District to point (7) on SR 1226 (Melton Road), 0.7 miles south of its
intersection with US Highway 64 Alternate; thence continuing with the line of
the West Edgecombe Volunteer Fire Department Fire Tax District in a
southwesterly direction to point (8) on US Highway 64 Alternate, 0.4 miles west
of its intersection with SR 1226 (Melton Road); thence running in a northerly
direction continuing with the line of the West Edgecombe Volunteer Fire Department
Fire Tax District to and with Tar River to point (9) on NC Highway 97, 0.2
miles east of its intersection with Leggett Road and also being in the line of
the Battleboro Volunteer Fire Department Harrison Fire Tax District; thence
running northeasterly along and with the line of the Battleboro Volunteer Fire
Department Harrison Fire Tax District to point (10) on SR 1407 (Battleboro-Leggett
Road), 0.3 miles west of its intersection with SR 1408 (New Hope Church Road);
thence easterly to point (11), on SR 1407 (Battleboro-Leggett Road), 0.4 mile
southeast of its intersection with SR 1408 (New Hope Church Road) including all
property between this and the preceding point; thence Southeasterly to point
(1), the beginning."
SECTION 2. Section 2 of Chapter 187 of the 1995 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 2. The boundaries of the Harrison Fire Tax District in Edgecombe County are as follows:
HARRISON FIRE TAX DISTRICT
EDGECOMBE COUNTY
BEGINNING at point (1) at the common intersection of the
Edgecombe County line, the centerline of the CSX Railroad and the Davenport
Volunteer Fire Department Fire Tax District which intersection is 1.5 miles
along the CSX Railroad north from the corporate limits of Battleboro; thence
running in a southeasterly direction along and with the Davenport Volunteer
Fire Department Fire Tax District line to point (2), on S.R. 1404 (Seven
Bridges Road) 0.1 mile northeast of its intersection with S.R. 1411 (Marriott
Road); thence continuing with the line of the Davenport Volunteer Fire
Department Fire Tax District line in a southeasterly direction 2.4 miles to
point (3) at its intersection with the Leggett Volunteer Fire Department Fire
Tax District line; thence running in a southerly direction along and with the
Leggett Volunteer Fire Department Tax District line to its intersection with
the Heartsease Volunteer Fire Department Fire Tax District line; and thence
running along and with the Heartsease Volunteer Fire Department Fire Tax
District line in a northeasterly direction and southerly direction to point
(4), on S.R. 1407 (Battleboro-Leggett Road), 0.6 miles west of its intersection
with S.R. 1415 (Morningstar Church Road); thence continuing with the line of
Heartsease Volunteer Fire Department Fire Tax District in a southeasterly direction
to point (5), on N.C. Highway 97, 0.2 miles south of its intersection with S.R.
1406 (Coolspring Road), thence continuing with the line of the Heartsease
Volunteer Fire Department Fire Tax District line in a southeasterly direction
to Tar River, a corner with the Heartsease Volunteer Fire Department Fire Tax
District line and the West Edgecombe Volunteer Fire Department Fire Tax
District line and then continuing with the Tar River and the West Edgecombe
Volunteer Fire Tax District line in and to its intersection with the corporate
limits of the City of Rocky Mount; and thence running northeasterly and
following the corporate limits of the City of Rocky Mount, the Edgecombe County
and Nash County lines and CSX Railroad to point (1), the beginning point, all
as shown on a map on file in the Office of the Emergency Services Coordinator
of Edgecombe County in the Edgecombe County Administrative Offices at 201 St.
Andrews Street in Tarboro, North Carolina and which has been signed and dated
by the Edgecombe County Emergency Services Coordinator, the Chief of the
Battleboro Volunteer Fire Department and the President of the Edgecombe County
Association of Volunteer Fire Departments.The Harrison Fire Tax District
within a part of Edgecombe County is described as being that portion of
Edgecombe County bounded by a line beginning at Point (1) at the intersection
of the Edgecombe County line and the CSX Railroad line, 1.5 mile north of the
Battleboro City limits; thence southeast to Point (2), on SR 1404 (Seven Bridges
Road), 0.1 mile northeast of its intersection with SR 1411 (Marriott Road);
thence southeasterly 2.4 mile to Point (3), at its intersection with the
Leggett Fire Protection District; line to Point (4), on SR 1407
(Battleboro-Leggett Road), 1.5 mile east of its intersection with SR 1415
(Morning Star Church Road); thence southwesterly to Point (5), on NC Highway
97, 0.2 miles east of its intersection with Leggett Road and the Heartsease
Fire Protection District line; thence southwesterly following the Tar River to
Point (6), where the Tar River intersects with the Rocky Mount City limits;
thence northeasterly following the Rocky Mount City limits, Edgecombe, Nash
County lines and CSX Railroad to Point (1), to the beginning."
SECTION 3. This act becomes effective June 30, 2002.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 27th day of June, 2002.
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
President of the Senate
s/ James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives