North Carolina § 160B-5 - Definition of urban service districts to replace municipalities abolished subsequent to consolidation.
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§ 160B-5. Definition of urban service districts to replace municipalities abolished subsequent to consolidation.
The governing board, by resolution, may define an urban service district within the boundaries of any municipality within the consolidated city-county the citizens of which, subsequent to the establishment of the consolidated city-county, have voted in a referendum to abolish their municipality and consolidate its powers, duties, rights, privileges and immunities with those of the consolidated city-county. An urban service district so defined shall comprise the total area of the municipality as it existed immediately before the effective date of its abolition. The resolution shall take effect at the beginning of the fiscal year next occurring after its adoption. History (1973, c. 537, s. 1.)
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