North Carolina § 153A-311 - Purposes for which districts may be established.

§ 153A-311. Purposes for which districts may be established.

The board of commissioners of any county may define a county research and production service district in order to finance, provide, and maintain for the district any service, facility, or function that a county or a city is authorized by general law to provide, finance, or maintain. Such a service, facility, or function shall be financed, provided, or maintained in the district either in addition to or to a greater extent than services, facilities, or functions are financed, provided, or maintained for the entire county. History (1985, c. 435, s. 1.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 1985, c. 435, s. 2 prohibited any municipality from annexing a described tract of land in Durham and Wake Counties except under Parts 1 or 4 of Chapter 160A . The legal description of this tract can be found in c. 435, s. 2. The tract described is the Research Triangle Park, which is a county research and production service district. Legal Periodicals. - For article, "North Carolina's Research Triangle Park: A Success Story of Private Industry Fostering Public Investment to Create a Homegrown Commercial Park,” see 40 Campbell L. Rev. 569 (2018).