North Carolina § 153A-391 - Creation; admission of new members.

§ 153A-391. Creation; admission of new members.

Two or more counties, cities, or counties and cities may create a regional planning commission by adopting identical concurrent resolutions to that effect in accordance with the provisions and procedures of this Article. A county or city may join an existing regional planning commission with the consent of the existing member governments. The resolution creating a regional planning commission may be modified, amended, or repealed by the unanimous action of the member governments. History (1961, c. 722, s. 3; 1973, c. 822, s. 1.) Local Modification. - Cherokee, Graham, Jackson and Swain: 1973, c. 1406. Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2008-107, s. 13.8, provides for the use of certain funds appropriated to the Rural Economic Development Center, Inc., for the 2007-2008 fiscal year for wastewater-related and public water system-related projects. See note at G.S. 160A-311 . Session Laws 2020-3, s. 4.42(a), provides: "In administering Federal Emergency Management Agency public assistance and individual assistance funds, the North Carolina Department of Emergency Management may utilize the North Carolina Regional Councils of Government established in accordance with Article 19 of Chapter 153A of the General Statutes and Part 2 of Article 20 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes to provide assistance with training, grant applications, and any other requested service by qualifying units of local government. A regional council of government may be designated by a unit or units of local government to administer any Federal Emergency Management Agency public assistance funds on its behalf." Session Laws 2020-3, s. 5, is a severability clause. Session Laws 2021-25, s. 3.4(h), provides: "In order to more effectively administer and execute the Housing Opportunities and Prevention of Evictions program, the Office shall engage the services of the applicable regional council of government created under Part 2 of Article 20 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes, or the applicable regional planning commission created under Article 19 of Chapter 153A of the General Statutes, serving the counties set forth in subsection (f) of this section. No later than 30 days from the effective date of this section, the Office shall submit a written report to the chairs of the Senate Appropriations•ase Budget Committee, the chairs of the House Appropriations Committee, and the Fiscal Research Division on how it intends to utilize the councils of government or regional planning commissions for planning, dissemination of information, and application assistance, and any other service provided by the councils of government or regional planning commissions.”