A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT  to allow pender COUNTY to assess an EMERGENCY medical service fee.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Establishment of Emergency Medical Service Fee. – The Board of Commissioners of Pender County may by ordinance establish an Emergency Medical Service Fee.  The ordinance shall become effective on July 1 of the next fiscal year after its adoption.
SECTION 2.  Changes in Rate of Emergency Medical Service Fee. – Any change in the rate of the Emergency Medical Service Fee must be done by ordinance of the Pender County Board of Commissioners by June 30 of any year with an effective date of July 1 of the next fiscal year.
SECTION 3.  Components of the Emergency Medical Service Fee. – The Emergency Medical Service Fee shall consist of a flat fee per parcel that contains any of the following structures:
(1)	Single family home.
(2)	Multifamily home.
(3)	Condominium.
(4)	Garden apartment.
(5)	Walk‑up apartment.
(6)	Bank.
(7)	Restaurant.
(8)	Restaurant lounge.
(9)	Motel.
(10)	Beauty shop.
(11)	Car wash.
(12)	Townhouse.
(13)	Country club/clubhouse.
(14)	Cottage.
(15)	Office.
(16)	Fraternal building.
(17)	Service shop/garage.
(18)	Retail store.
(19)	Discount store.
(20)	Community/neighborhood shopping center.
(21)	Storage/distribution warehouse.
(22)	Commercial building.
(23)	Veterinary clinic/hospital.
(24)	Post office.
(25)	Medical clinic.
(26)	Service station/convenience store.
(27)	Nursing home/rest home.
(28)	Industrial (light, medium, heavy).
(29)	Single‑wide mobile home. 
(30)	Laundromat.
(31)	Supermarket/grocery store.
(32)	Child care center.
SECTION 4.  Emergency Medical Service Fee as a Lien on Property. – The Emergency Medical Service Fee shall be a lien on property and shall be collectible in the same manner as delinquent real property taxes.
SECTION 5.  This act is effective when it becomes law.