AN ACT AUTHORIZING RUTHERFORD COUNTY TO CONDUCT AN ADVISORY REFERENDUM ON a high impact LAND‑USE ordinance.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  The board of commissioners of a county may direct the board of elections of that county to conduct an advisory referendum on a high impact land‑use ordinance.
SECTION 2.  The board of commissioners shall decide the form and content of the issue on the ballot and define the area that will be voting. The content shall include a specific reference to the types of high impact land‑use zoning, such as heavy industrial use.
SECTION 3.  Any referendum under this act must be conducted during 2007.
SECTION 4.  This section applies to Rutherford County only.
SECTION 5.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 28th day of June, 2007.

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		 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

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		 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives