A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to change the qualification requirement for a county service district established for law enforcement.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 153A‑301(a)(10) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	The board of commissioners of any county may define any number of service districts in order to finance, provide, or maintain for the districts one or more of the following services, facilities and functions in addition to or to a greater extent than those financed, provided or maintained for the entire county:
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(10)	Law enforcement if all of the following apply:
a.	The population of the county is (i) over 900,000 according to the most recent federal decennial  census, and (ii) less than ten percent (10%) of the population of the county is in an unincorporated area according to the most recent federal decennial census. 
b.	The county has an interlocal agreement or agreements with a  municipality or municipalities for the provision of law enforcement services in the unincorporated area of the county.
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SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.