{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-160a-662","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-662","heading":"Territorial jurisdiction and service area of district.","body":"(a)\tA district may be created for one or more entire counties that are totally unserved with natural gas and in which a specific natural gas project has not been approved by the Utilities Commission at the time of creation of the district. A letter from the Utilities Commission to this effect shall conclusively establish that the area is totally unserved and that a project has not been approved. This area is the territorial jurisdiction and the service area of the district.\n(b)\tThe creation of a district does not confer on the district the exclusive right to provide natural gas service in that territorial jurisdiction. (1997-426, s. 2.)","path":["Chapter 160A. Cities and Towns.","Article 28. Regional Natural Gas District."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_160A/GS_160A-662.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:25:42Z","sha256":"bd3a454f4c6f8153598abf9918b56661d15a80027af54d5e2f73662178135a3a","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-160a-661","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-160a-663"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}