A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to clarify eligible uses of fire protection Tax revenues.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 69‑25.5 reads as rewritten:
"§ 69‑25.5.  Methods of providing fire protection.
Upon the levy of such tax, the board of county commissioners shall, to the extent of the taxes collected hereunder, provide fire protection for the district by doing one of the following:
(1)	Contracting with any incorporated city or town, with any incorporated nonprofit volunteer or community fire department, or with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to furnish fire protection.
(2)	Furnishing fire protection itself if the county maintains an organized fire department.
(3)	Establishing a fire department within the district.
(4)	Utilizing any two or more of the above listed methods of furnishing fire protection.
A fire department must meet the minimum public protection requirements established by the Office of State Fire Marshall of the Department of Insurance in order to receive any portion of the tax levied and collected under G.S. 69‑25.4."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 153A‑301(a) 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:
(1)	Beach erosion control and flood and hurricane protection works.
(2)	Fire protection by one or more fire departments that meet the minimum public protection requirements established by the Office of State Fire Marshall of the Department of Insurance.
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SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2019.