{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-153a-305","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-305","heading":"Required provision or maintenance of services.","body":"(a)\tNew District. - When a county defines a new service district, it shall provide, maintain, or let contracts for the services for which the residents of the district are being taxed within a reasonable time, not to exceed one year, after the effective date of the definition of the district.\n(b)\tExtended District. - When a county annexes territory to a service district, it shall provide, maintain, or let contracts for the services provided or maintained throughout the district to the residents of the area annexed to the district within a reasonable time, not to exceed one year, after the effective date of the annexation.\n(c)\tConsolidated District. - When a county consolidates two or more service districts, one of which has had provided or maintained a lower level of services, it shall increase the services within that district (or let contracts therefor) to a level comparable to those provided or maintained elsewhere in the consolidated district within a reasonable time, not to exceed one year, after the effective date of the consolidation. (1973, c. 489, s. 1; c. 822, s. 2.)","path":["Chapter 153A. Counties.","Article 16. County Service Districts; County Research and Production Service Districts; County Economic Development and Training Districts.","Part 1. County Service Districts."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_153A/GS_153A-305.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:24:07Z","sha256":"45a63386e431c654ec79c6379355951a76f111d72f937544dedfb5b29cba8bf3","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-153a-304.4","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-153a-306"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}