GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2013

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HOUSE BILL 264

Short Title:        Justice for Rural Citizens Act.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives Pittman, Ford, Moffitt, and Hardister (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of Sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly Web Site.
Referred to:	Government, if favorable, Judiciary Subcommittee A, if favorable, Finance.

March 11, 2013

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to remove the injustice of extraterritorial jurisdiction by declaring that no city, town, village, or other political subdivision within the state may have or exercise any jurisdiction beyond its corporate limits.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 160A-360 and G.S. 160A-362 are repealed.

SECTION 2.  Because citizens dwelling outside the corporate limits may not vote in an election for the officers of a city, town, village, or other political subdivision, no city, town, village, or other political subdivision in this State shall have or exercise any jurisdiction beyond its corporate limits.

SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective January 1, 2014.