{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-153a-309","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-309","heading":"EMS services in fire protection districts.","body":"(a)\tIf a service district is established under this Article for fire protection purposes under G.S. 153A-301(2), (including a district established with a rate limitation under G.S. 153A-309.2), and it was not also established under this Article for ambulance and rescue purposes under G.S. 153A-301(7), the board of county commissioners may, by resolution, permit the service district to provide emergency medical, rescue, and/or ambulance services, and may levy property taxes for such purposes under G.S. 153A-307, but if the district was established under G.S. 153A-309.2, the rate limitation established under that section shall continue to apply.\n(b)\tThe resolution expanding the purposes of the district under this section shall take effect at the beginning of a fiscal year commencing after its passage. (1983, c. 642; 1989, c. 559.)","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-309.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:24:07Z","sha256":"a3214ad19b8081443834ae2f572762a1ea878d112dd010a9b599166b0653f9fe","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-153a-308","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-153a-309.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}