A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to establish the boundary line between orange and chatham counties to memorialize a 1989 agreement between those two counties which was already reflected in the 2000 census.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding Chapter 27, Laws of 1770, the boundary line between Chatham County and Orange County shall be as follows:
Beginning at an existing point, the Southeast corner of Orange County and the Southwest corner of Durham County, said point being in the Northern line of Chatham County said point being a concrete post with a copper disk, stamped "CO. LINE, DURHAM CO., NO. 1 1968, ORANGE CO. MONUMENT", having a coordinate value of N 234,423.870 meters (m) E 608,128.788 meters. (m) as designated to be the corner of Durham and Orange Counties, and the northern line of Chatham County, by the courts of North Carolina. Thence S 86o 56’ 43.24” W  925.452 meters (m) to a concrete monument set with aluminum disk (#3) East of Mt Carmel Church Road (SR 1008 and SR 1003) having a coordinate value of   N 234,374.554m  E 607,204.651m, said point being designated as NCGS station, County Line 3, PID AB2055. Thence S 87o 40’ 19.44” W 1,690.615m to a concrete monument set with aluminum disk (#4) East of Clearwater Lake Drive (SR 1918 and SR 1780) having a coordinate value of   N 234,305.883m  E 605,515.431m, said point being designated as NCGS station, County Line 4, PID AB2056. Thence S 87o 19’ 01.23” W 1,763.003m to a concrete monument set with aluminum disk (#5) East of  Old Lystra Road (SR 1915 and SR 1724) having a coordinate value of   N 234,223.357m  E 603,754.361m, said point being designated as NCGS station, County Line 5, PID AB2057. Thence S 87o 33’ 27.40” W 1,563.940m to an aluminum Disk set (#6) in the East end of an asphalt traffic island at the intersection of Smith Level Road (SR 1919) with US 15‑501 having a coordinate value of N 234,156.710m  E 602,191.842m, said point being designated as NCGS station County Line 6, PID AB2058. Thence S 87o 47’ 41.52” W 37.347m to a concrete monument set with aluminum disk (#7) West of  Smith Level Road (SR 1919) having a coordinate value of   N 234,155.273m  E 602,154.523m, said point being designated as NCGS station County Line 7, PID AB2059. Thence N 83o 36’ 42.54” W 2299.666m to a Berntsen aluminum monument set with brass disk (#8) in the Margaret Daniel Property (Orange County PIN 9766‑99‑1332) having a coordinate value of  N 234,411.143m  E 599,869.136 said point being designated as County Line 8. Thence N 83º 13’ 04.69” W  1214.099m to a concrete monument set with aluminum disk (#9) East of Poythress Road (SR 1939 and SR 1534) having a coordinate value of   N 234,554.519m  E 598,663.533m, said point being designated as NCGS station County Line 9, PID AB2061. Thence S 39o 39’ 39.13” W 50.139m to a concrete monument set with aluminum disk (#10) East of  Poythress Road (SR 1939 and SR 1534) having a coordinate value of   N 234,515.920m  E 598,631.532m, said point being designated as NCGS station County Line 10, PID AB2062. Thence N 84o 54’ 42.26” W 246.205m to Existing Rebar in a concrete post (#11) the Southeast corner of lot 5, Section 2, Wolfs Pond Subdivision, (Plat Book 19 Page 149 OCR) having a coordinate value of  N 234,537.756m  E 598,386.297m, said point being designated as County Line 11. Thence N 84o 31’ 30.43” W 690.729m to Feno monument set with brass disk replacing an existing iron pipe (#12) the Southwest corner of Lot 5, Section 4, Wolfs Pond Subdivision, (Plat Book 22 Page 59 OCR) having a coordinate value of  N 234,603.658m  E 597,698.719m said point being designated as County Line 12. Thence N 03o 32’ 14.02” W 60.959m to a Feno monument set with brass disk (#13) in the line of said Lot 5 having a coordinate value of  N 234,664.501m  E 597,694.958m said point being designated as County Line 13. Thence N 83o 16’ 04.99” W 2422.591m to a concrete monument set with aluminum disk (#14) South of Jones Ferry Road (SR 1942 and SR 1540) having a coordinate value of   N 234,948.488m  E 595,289.070m, said point being designated as NCGS station County Line 14, PID AB2063.
Thence N 83o 15’ 33.17” W 2231.659m to a concrete monument set with aluminum disk (#15) to a point in the Walter Braxton Durham Et Al property (Orange County PIN 9747‑62‑6596) having a coordinate value of   N 235,210.435m  E 593,072.838m, said point being designated as County Line 15. Thence N 82o 55’ 46.72” W 1587.051m to a concrete monument set with aluminum disk (#16) East of White Cross Road (SR 1951 and SR 1541) having a coordinate value of   N 235,405.782m E 591,497.855m, said point being designated as NCGS station County Line 16, PID AB2064. Thence N 82o 53’ 40.81” W 1668.976m to a Feno monument set with brass disk (#17) in the Walter Atwater property (Orange PIN 9737‑43‑8522) having a coordinate value of  N 235,612.224m  E 589,841.696m, said point being designated as County Line 17. Thence N 00o 03’ 37.30” E 169.913m to a Feno monument set with brass disk (#18) in the said Walter Atwater property having a coordinate value of  N 235,782.137m E 589,841.875m, said point being designated as County Line 18. Thence N 84o 25’ 40.82” W 246.394m crossing Collins Mt. Road (SR 1954 and SR 1542) to a Feno monument set with brass disk (#19) in the said Walter Atwater property having a coordinate value of   N 235,806.061m E 589,596.645m, said point being designated as County Line 19. Thence S 12o 42’ 08.03” W 161.903m to a Feno monument set with brass disk (#20) in the said Walter Atwater property having a coordinate value of N 235,648.120m E 589,561.045m, said point being designated as County Line 20. Thence N 83o 04’ 05.12” W 1544.721m to a concrete monument set with aluminum disk (#21) East of Crawford Dairy Road (SR 1956 and SR 1539) having a coordinate value of   N 235,834.552m  E 588,027.615m, said point being designated as NCGS station County Line 21, PID AB2066. Thence N 82o 29’ 19.27” W 967.680m to a computed point in the Haw River (#22) having a coordinate value of   N 235,961.049m  E 587,068.239m, said point being designated as NCGS station County Line 22, PID AB2077. Also being the ending point, the Southwest corner of Orange County, the Northern boundary line of Chatham County and in the East line of Alamance County.
All coordinates and bearings are based on the North American Datum of 1983/86. All coordinates and distances are in meter units. All pertinent information used in describing this boundary was obtained from the October 2002 plat titled "Resurvey of The CHATHAM‑ORANGE COUNTY LINE," Page 1 of 2 and Page 2 of 2, a North Carolina Geodetic Survey prepared by Gary W. Thompson, PLS 2694.
SECTION 2.(a)  As to any territory that under Section 1 of this act is moved from Orange County to Chatham County, on and after January 1, 2005, all papers, documents, and instruments required or permitted to be filed or registered, involving residents and property in the area so transferred, which previously would have been recorded in Orange County, shall be recorded in Chatham County.  As to any territory that under Section 1 of this act is moved from Chatham County to Orange County, on and after January 1, 2005, all papers, documents, and instruments required or permitted to be filed or registered, involving residents and property in the area so transferred, which previously would have been recorded in Chatham County, shall be recorded in Orange County.  
SECTION 2.(b)  All public records related to residents and property in any area that Section 1 of this act may have transferred to another county which were filed or recorded prior to January 1, 2005, shall remain in the county where filed or recorded, and such records shall be valid public records as to the property and persons involved even though they are recorded in a county where the property is no longer located.
SECTION 2.(c)  In the case of any territory transferred from one county to another by Section 1 of this act, unpaid taxes or tax liens on property subject to taxation in the area transferred by Section 1 of this act shall continue to be valid and enforceable by the prior county, including the foreclosure remedies and the remedies of attachment and garnishment provided for by law.
SECTION 2.(d)  No cause of action, including criminal actions, involving persons or property in any area transferred from one county to another under Section 1 of this act which is pending on January 1, 2005, shall be abated by virtue of this act, and such actions shall continue in the same county unless changed under some other provision of law.
SECTION 2.(e)  The Board of Elections of Orange County shall immediately upon this act becoming law transfer to the Chatham County Board of Elections the voter registration records pertaining to persons residing in any area transferred to Chatham County by Section 1 of this act, and thereafter the registered voters so transferred shall be validly registered to vote in Chatham County. The Board of Elections of Chatham County shall immediately upon this act becoming law transfer to the Orange County Board of Elections the voter registration records pertaining to persons residing in any area transferred to Orange County by Section 1 of this act, and thereafter the registered voters so transferred shall be validly registered to vote in Orange County.
SECTION 2.(f)  The Jury Commissions of Orange and Chatham Counties shall revise their jury lists to add to or eliminate therefrom those persons subject to jury duty who reside in any area transferred from one county to another by Section 1 of this act, said revised jury lists to be effective January 1, 2005.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective January 1, 2005, except it also applies as to the 2004 election cycle.