GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1193

Short Title:  Wilkes Fire District Boundaries.	(Local)

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Sponsors: Senator Garwood.

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Referred to:  Finance.

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May 10, 2000

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO RESOLVE A BOUNDARY OVERLAP BETWEEN THE RONDA AND ROARING RIVER VOLUNTEER FIRE TAX DISTRICTS IN WILKES COUNTY AND TO VALIDATE CERTAIN ACTIONS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1(a).  The newly agreed boundary line for the Roaring River Fire Tax District in the area from the intersection of Poplar Springs Road and North Ridge Road south to Old U.S. Highway 421 shall be as follows:
BEGINNING at the intersection of S.R. 1924 (Poplar Springs Road) and S.R. 2015 (North Ridge Road), thence in a southeasterly direction with S.R. 2015 to the intersection of S.R. 2015 and N.C. Highway 268, including all property with primary access from S.R. 2015 between this and the preceding point; thence in a southerly direction in a straight line to a  point on S.R. 2321 (Old 60) .2 miles west of Gray's Creek Bridge; thence in a southerly direction in a straight line to the intersection of S.R. 2318 (Mathis Mill Road), S.R. 2319 (South Plum Ridge Road), and S.R. 2320 (North Plum Ridge Road); thence in a southerly direction with S.R. 2319 to the intersection of S.R. 2319 and U.S. Highway 421, including all property adjacent to or accessed from S.R. 2319 between this and the preceding point; thence in an easterly direction following the centerline of U.S. Highway 421 to the intersection of U.S. 421 and S.R. 2346 (Old U.S. Highway 421); thence in a westerly direction with S.R. 2346 to a point 1.1 miles west of said intersection, including all property on both sides of S.R. 2346 adjacent to or accessed from S.R. 2346.  The foregoing description for said boundary line shall not be affected or altered in any way by the widening, relocation, or four-laning of U.S. Highway 421.
Section 1(b).  The newly agreed boundary line for the Ronda Fire Tax District in the area from the intersection of Poplar Springs Road and North Ridge Road south to Old U.S. Highway 421 shall be as follows:
BEGINNING at the intersection of S.R. 1924 (Poplar Springs Road) and S.R. 2015 (North Ridge Road), thence in a southeasterly direction with S.R. 2015 to the intersection of S.R. 2015 and N.C. Highway 268, excluding all property with primary access from S.R. 2015 between this and the preceding point; thence in a southerly direction in a straight line to a point on S.R. 2321 (Old 60) .2 miles west of Gray's Creek Bridge; thence in a southerly direction in a straight line to the intersection of S.R. 2318 (Mathis Mill Road), S.R. 2319 (South Plum Ridge Road), and S.R. 2320 (North Plum Ridge Road); thence in a southerly direction with S.R. 2319 to the intersection of S.R. 2319 and U.S. Highway 421, excluding all property adjacent to or accessed from S.R. 2319 between this and the preceding point; thence in an easterly direction following the centerline of U.S. Highway 421 to the intersection of U.S. 421 and S.R. 2346 (Old U.S. Highway 421); thence in a westerly direction with S.R. 2346 to a point 1.1 miles west of said intersection, excluding all property on both sides of S.R. 2346 adjacent to or accessed from S.R. 2346.  The foregoing description for said boundary line shall not be affected or altered in any way by the widening, relocation, or four-laning of U.S. Highway 421.
Section 2.  Subject to the new boundary line as provided in this act, the 1985 extensions of the Ronda and Roaring River Fire Tax districts in Wilkes County are valid and lawful.  All collections of fire tax revenues by Wilkes County since 1985 in the areas subject to the extensions are valid and lawful, without regard to which fire tax district (and corresponding fire tax rate) those revenues were collected from, and without regard to which volunteer fire department those revenues were allocated to.
Section 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.