{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-160a-540","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-540","heading":"Required provision or maintenance of services.","body":"(a)\tNew District. - When a city 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 city annexes territory for 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 city 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. 655, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 160A. Cities and Towns.","Article 23. Municipal Service Districts."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_160A/GS_160A-540.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:25:42Z","sha256":"4dcac725845ab51d9f1f911c5af73029d76b46e1efa925809e1dfd0c32a4ebd2","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-160a-539","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-160a-541"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}