North Carolina § 120-167 - Additional criteria; population.
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§ 120-167. Additional criteria; population.
The Commission may not make a positive recommendation unless the proposed municipality has a permanent population of at least 100 and a population density (either permanent or seasonal) of at least 250 persons per square mile. History (1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 1003, s. 1; 1999-458, s. 2.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 1999-458, s. 12, provides that section 1 of the act applies with respect to municipalities for which the Joint Legislative Commission on Municipal Incorporations makes recommendations on or after August 13, 1999, and that sections 1 through 11 of the act, s. 2 of which added the language "and a population density . . . per square mile," do not apply to any community which first filed a petition with the Commission prior to July 20, 1999.
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