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NC Gen Stat § 69-25.4 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 69 - Fire Protection|Article 3A - Rural Fire Protection Districts.|§ 69-25.4 - Tax to be levied and used for furnishing fire protection.

 69-25.4. Tax to be levied and used for furnishing fire protection.(a) If a majority of the qualified voters voting at said election vote in favor of levying and collecting a tax in said district, then the board of county commissioners is authorized and directed to levy and collect a tax in said district in such amount as it may deem necessary, not exceeding ten cents (10 ) on the one hundred dollars ($100.00) valuation of property in said district from year to year, and shall keep the same as a separate and special fund, to be used only for furnishing fire protection within said district, as provided in G.S. 69-25.5.Provided, that if a majority of the qualified voters voting at such elections vote in favor of levying and collecting a tax in such district, or vote in favor of increasing the tax limit in said district, then the board of county commissioners is authorized and directed to levy and collect a tax in such districts in such amount as it may deem necessary, not exceeding fifteen cents (15 ) on the one hundred dollars ($100.00) valuation of property in said district from year to year.(b) For purposes of this Article, the term "fire protection" and the levy of a tax for that purpose may include the levy, appropriation, and expenditure of funds for furnishing emergency medical, rescue and ambulance services to protect persons within the district from injury or death; and the levy, appropriation, and expenditure of the tax to provide such services are proper, authorized and lawful. In providing these services the fire district shall be subject to G.S. 153A-250.(c) For purposes of this Article, a fire protection district is a municipal corporation organized for a special purpose. Except in cases when a fire protection district commission is appointed to govern the district, the board of county commissioners, or joint boards of county commissioners when the area lies in more than one county, shall serve as the governing body. (1951, c. 820, s. 4; 1959, c. 805, s. 4; 1981, c. 217; 2001-414, s. 33.)
NC Gen Stat § 69-25.5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 69 - Fire Protection|Article 3A - Rural Fire Protection Districts.|§ 69-25.5 - Methods of providing fire protection.

 69-25.5. Methods of providing fire protection.Upon the levy of such tax, the board of county commissioners shall, to the extent of the taxes collected hereunder, provide fire protection for the district -(1) By contracting with any incorporated city or town, with any incorporated nonprofit volunteer or community fire department, or with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to furnish fire protection, or(2) By furnishing fire protection itself if the county maintains an organized fire department, or(3) By establishing a fire department within the district, or(4) By utilizing any two or more of the above listed methods of furnishing fire protection.  (1951, c. 820, s. 5; 1973, c. 1262, s. 86; 1977, c. 771, s. 4; 1989, c. 727, s. 218(11); 1997-443, s. 11A.119(a); 2015-241, s. 14.30(u); 2015-263, s. 36(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 69-25.6 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 69 - Fire Protection|Article 3A - Rural Fire Protection Districts.|§ 69-25.6 - Municipal corporations empowered to make contracts.

 69-25.6. Municipal corporations empowered to make contracts.Municipal corporations are hereby empowered to make contracts to carry out the purposes of this Article. (1951, c. 820, s. 6.)
NC Gen Stat § 69-25.7 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 69 - Fire Protection|Article 3A - Rural Fire Protection Districts.|§ 69-25.7 - Administration of special fund; fire protection district commission.

 69-25.7. Administration of special fund; fire protection district commission.The special fund provided by the tax herein authorized shall be administered to provide fire protection as provided in G.S. 69-25.5 by the board of county commissioners or the joint boards of county commissioners, if the area lies in more than one county, or by a fire protection district commission of three qualified voters of the area, to be known as _____________________________________________________________   (Here insert name)  Fire Protection District Commission, said board to be appointed by the board of county commissioners or the joint boards of county commissioners, if the area lies in more than one county, for a term of two years, said commission to serve at the discretion of and under the supervision of the board of county commissioners or boards of county commissioners if the area lies in more than one county. (1951, c. 820, s. 7; 1953, c. 453, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 69-25.8 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 69 - Fire Protection|Article 3A - Rural Fire Protection Districts.|§ 69-25.8 - Authority, rights, privileges and immunities of counties, etc., performing services under Article.

 69-25.8. Authority, rights, privileges and immunities of counties, etc., performing services under Article.Any county, municipal corporation or fire protection district performing any of the services authorized by this Article shall be subject to the same authority and immunities as a county would enjoy in the operation of a county fire department within the county, or a municipal corporation would enjoy in the operation of a fire department within its corporate limits.No liability shall be incurred by any municipal corporation on account of the absence from the city or town of any or all of its fire-fighting equipment or of members of its fire department by reason of performing services authorized by this Article.Members of any county, municipal or fire protection district fire department shall have all of the immunities, privileges and rights, including coverage by workers' compensation insurance, when performing any of the functions authorized by this Article, as members of a county fire department would have in performing their duties in and for a county, or as members of a municipal fire department would have in performing their duties for and within the corporate limits of the municipal corporation. (1951, c. 820, s. 8; 1979, c. 714, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 69-25.9 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 69 - Fire Protection|Article 3A - Rural Fire Protection Districts.|§ 69-25.9 - Procedure when area lies in more than one county.

 69-25.9. Procedure when area lies in more than one county.In the event that an area petitioning for a tax election under this Article lies in more than one county said petition shall be submitted to the board of county commissioners of all the counties in which said area lies and election shall be called which shall be conducted jointly by the county board of elections and the cost of same shall be shared equally by all counties.Upon passage, the tax herein provided shall be levied and collected by each county on all of the taxable property in its portion of the fire protection district; the tax collected shall be paid into a special fund and used for the purpose of providing fire protection for the district. (1953, c. 453, s. 3; 1985, c. 563, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 69-25.10 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 69 - Fire Protection|Article 3A - Rural Fire Protection Districts.|§ 69-25.10 - Means of abolishing tax district.

 69-25.10. Means of abolishing tax district.Upon a petition of fifteen percent (15%) of the resident freeholders of any special fire protection district or area, at intervals of not less than two years, the board of county commissioners or the joint boards of county commissioners, if the area lies in more than one county, shall call an election to abolish the special tax for fire protection for the area, the election to be called and conducted as provided in G.S. 69-25.2; if a majority of the registered voters vote to abolish said tax, the commissioners shall cease levy and collecting same and any unused funds of the district shall be turned over to and used by the county commissioners of the county collecting same as a part of its general fund, and any property or properties of the district or the proceeds thereof shall be distributed, used or disposed of equitably by the board of county commissioners or the boards of county commissioners. (1953, c. 453, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 69-25.12 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 69 - Fire Protection|Article 3A - Rural Fire Protection Districts.|§ 69-25.12 - Privileges and taxes where territory added to district.

 69-25.12. Privileges and taxes where territory added to district.In case any territory is added to any fire protection district, from and after such addition, the taxpayers and other residents of said added territory shall have the same rights and privileges and the taxpayers shall pay taxes at the same rates as if said territory had originally been included in the said fire protection district. (1955, c. 1270.)
NC Gen Stat § 69-25.13 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 69 - Fire Protection|Article 3A - Rural Fire Protection Districts.|§ 69-25.13 - Privileges and taxes where territory removed from district.

 69-25.13. Privileges and taxes where territory removed from district.In case any territory is removed from any fire protection district from and after said removal, the taxpayers and other residents of said removed territory shall cease to be entitled to the rights and privileges vested in them by their inclusion in said fire protection district, and the taxpayers shall no longer be required to pay taxes upon their property within said district. (1955, c. 1270.)
NC Gen Stat § 69-25.14 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 69 - Fire Protection|Article 3A - Rural Fire Protection Districts.|§ 69-25.14 - Contract with city or town to which all or part of district annexed concerning property of district and furnishing of fire protection.

 69-25.14. Contract with city or town to which all or part of district annexed concerning property of district and furnishing of fire protection.Whenever all or any part of the area included within the territorial limits of a fire protection district is annexed to or becomes a part of a city or town, the governing body of such district may contract with the governing body of such city or town to give, grant or convey to such city or town, with or without consideration, in such manner and on such terms and conditions as the governing body of such district shall deem to be in the best interests of the inhabitants of the district, all or any part of its property, including, but without limitation, any fire-fighting equipment or facilities, and may provide in such contract for the furnishing of fire protection by the city or town or by the district. (1957, c. 526.)
NC Gen Stat § 69-25.15 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 69 - Fire Protection|Article 3A - Rural Fire Protection Districts.|§ 69-25.15 - When district or portion thereof annexed by municipality furnishing fire protection.

 69-25.15. When district or portion thereof annexed by municipality furnishing fire protection.(a) When the whole or any portion of a fire protection district has been annexed by a municipality furnishing fire protection to its citizens, then such fire protection district or the portion thereof so annexed shall immediately thereupon cease to be a fire protection district or a portion of a fire protection district; and such district or portion thereof so annexed shall no longer be subject to G.S. 69-25.4 authorizing the board of county commissioners to levy and collect a tax in such district for the purpose of furnishing fire protection therein.(b) Nothing herein shall be deemed to prevent the board of county commissioners from levying and collecting taxes for fire protection in the remaining portion of a fire protection district not annexed by a municipality, as aforesaid.(c) When all or part of a fire protection district is annexed, and the effective date of the annexation is a date other than a date in the month of June, the amount of the fire protection district tax levied on property in the district for the fiscal year in which municipal taxes are prorated under G.S. 160A-58.10 shall be multiplied by the following fraction: the denominator shall be 12 and the numerator shall be the number of full calendar months remaining in the fiscal year following the day on which the annexation becomes effective. For each owner, the product of the multiplication is the prorated fire protection payment. The finance officer of the city shall obtain from the assessor or tax collector of the county where the annexed territory was located a list of the owners of property on which fire protection district taxes were levied in the territory being annexed, and the city shall, no later than 90 days after the effective date of the annexation, pay the amount of the prorated fire protection district payment to the owners of that property. Such payments shall come from any funds not otherwise restricted by law.(d) Whenever a city is required to make fire protection district tax payments by subsection (c) of this section, and the city has paid or has contracted to pay to a rural fire department funds under G.S. 160A-58.57, the county shall pay to the city from funds of the rural fire protection district an amount equal to the amount paid by the city (or to be paid by the city) to a rural fire department under G.S. 160A-58.57 on account of annexation of territory in the rural fire protection district for the number of months in that fiscal year used in calculating the numerator under subsection (c) of this section; provided that the required payments by the county to the city shall not exceed the total of fire protection district payments made to taxpayers in the district on account of that annexation.  (1957, c. 1219; 1985, c. 707, ss. 1, 2; 1987, c. 45, s. 1; 2017-102, s. 14.4(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 69-25.16 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 69 - Fire Protection|Article 3A - Rural Fire Protection Districts.|§ 69-25.16 - Exclusion from rural fire protection districts.

 69-25.16. Exclusion from rural fire protection districts.There shall be excluded from any rural fire protection district, and the provisions of this Article shall not apply to, an electric generating plant, together with associated land and facilities, which provides electricity to the public; provided that this section shall not apply to any rural fire protection district in existence on May 1, 1971. (1971, c. 297.)
NC Gen Stat § 69-25.17 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 69 - Fire Protection|Article 3A - Rural Fire Protection Districts.|§ 69-25.17 - Validation of fire protection funds appropriated in providing rescue and ambulance services.

 69-25.17. Validation of fire protection funds appropriated in providing rescue and ambulance services.All prior appropriations and expenditures by any county board of commissioners of funds derived from taxes levied in rural fire protection districts, but used to provide rescue and ambulance services within said districts, are hereby approved, confirmed, validated, and declared to be proper, authorized, and legal. (1977, c. 131, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 69-26 through 69-38 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 69 - Fire Protection|Article 4 - Hotels; Safety Provisions.|§ 69-26 through 69-38 - through 69-38: Recodified as Article 81 of Chapter 58.

 69-26 through 69-38: Recodified as Article 81 of Chapter 58.
NC Gen Stat § 69-39 through 69-39.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 69 - Fire Protection|Article 5 - Authority and Liability of Firemen.|§ 69-39 through 69-39.1 - through 69-39.1: Recodified as Article 82 of Chapter 58.

 69-39 through 69-39.1: Recodified as Article 82 of Chapter 58.
NC Gen Stat § 69-40 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 69 - Fire Protection|Article 6 - Mutual Aid between Fire Departments.|§ 69-40 - Recodified as Article 83 of Chapter 58.

 69-40: Recodified as Article 83 of Chapter 58.
NC Gen Stat § 70-1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 70 - Indian Antiquities, Archaeological Resources and Unmarked Human Skeletal Remains Protection|Article 1 - Indian Antiquities.|§ 70-1 - Private landowners urged to refrain from destruction.

 70-1. Private landowners urged to refrain from destruction.Private owners of lands containing Indian relics, artifacts, mounds or burial grounds are urged to refrain from the excavation or destruction thereof and to forbid such conduct by others, without the cooperation of the director of the State Museum and the Secretary of Natural and Cultural Resources or without the assistance or supervision of some person designated by either as qualified to make scientific archaeological explorations.  (1935, c. 198, s. 1; 1973, c. 476, s. 48; 2015-241, s. 14.30(x).)
NC Gen Stat § 70-2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 70 - Indian Antiquities, Archaeological Resources and Unmarked Human Skeletal Remains Protection|Article 1 - Indian Antiquities.|§ 70-2 - Possessors of relics urged to commit them to custody of State agencies.

 70-2. Possessors of relics urged to commit them to custody of State agencies.All persons having in their possession collections of Indian relics, artifacts, and antiquities which are in danger of being lost, destroyed or scattered are urged to commit them to the custody of the North Carolina State Museum, the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, or some other public agency or institution within the State which is qualified to preserve and exhibit them for their historic, scientific and educational value to the people of the State.  (1935, c. 198, s. 2; 1973, c. 476, s. 48; 2015-241, s. 14.30(s).)
NC Gen Stat § 70-3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 70 - Indian Antiquities, Archaeological Resources and Unmarked Human Skeletal Remains Protection|Article 1 - Indian Antiquities.|§ 70-3 - Preservation of relics on public lands.

 70-3. Preservation of relics on public lands.It shall be the duty of any person in charge of any construction or excavation on any lands owned by the State, by any public agency or institution, by any county, or by any municipal corporation, to report promptly to and preserve for the director of the State Museum or the Secretary of Natural and Cultural Resources any Indian relic, artifact, mound, or burial ground discovered in the course of such construction or excavation.  (1935, c. 198, s. 3; 1973, c. 476, s. 48; 2015-241, s. 14.30(x).)
NC Gen Stat § 70-4 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 70 - Indian Antiquities, Archaeological Resources and Unmarked Human Skeletal Remains Protection|Article 1 - Indian Antiquities.|§ 70-4 - Destruction or sale of relic from public lands made misdemeanor.

 70-4. Destruction or sale of relic from public lands made misdemeanor.Any person who shall excavate, disturb, remove, destroy or sell any Indian relic or artifact, or any of the contents of any mound or burial ground, on or from any lands owned by the State, by any public agency or institution, by any county, or by any municipal corporation, except with the written approval of the director of the State Museum or the Secretary of Natural and Cultural Resources, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.  (1935, c. 198, s. 4; 1973, c. 476, s. 48; 1993, c. 539, s. 542; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2015-241, s. 14.30(x).)
NC Gen Stat § 70-10 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 70 - Indian Antiquities, Archaeological Resources and Unmarked Human Skeletal Remains Protection|Article 2 - Archaeological Resources Protection Act.|§ 70-10 - Short title.

 70-10. Short title.This Article shall be known as "The Archaeological Resources Protection Act." (1981, c. 904, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 70-11 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 70 - Indian Antiquities, Archaeological Resources and Unmarked Human Skeletal Remains Protection|Article 2 - Archaeological Resources Protection Act.|§ 70-11 - Findings and purpose.

 70-11. Findings and purpose.(a) The General Assembly finds that:(1) Archaeological resources on State lands are an accessible and irreplaceable part of the State's heritage;(2) These resources are increasingly endangered because of their commercial attractiveness;(3) Existing State laws do not provide adequate protection to prevent the loss and destruction of these archaeological resources and sites resulting from uncontrolled excavations and pillage; and(4) There is a wealth of archaeological information which has been legally obtained by private individuals for noncommercial purposes and which could voluntarily be made available to professional archaeologists and institutions.(b) The purpose of this Article is to secure, for the present and future benefit of the people of North Carolina, the protection of archaeological resources and sites which are on State lands, excluding highway right-of-ways, and to foster increased cooperation and exchange of information among governmental authorities, the professional archaeological community, Indian Tribal governmental authorities and private individuals having collections of archaeological resources and data. (1981, c. 904, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 70-12 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 70 - Indian Antiquities, Archaeological Resources and Unmarked Human Skeletal Remains Protection|Article 2 - Archaeological Resources Protection Act.|§ 70-12 - Definitions.

 70-12. Definitions.As used in this Article, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:(1) "Archaeological investigation" means any surface collection, subsurface tests, excavation, or other activity that results in the disturbance or removal of archaeological resources.(2) "Archaeological resource" means any material remains of past human life or activities which are at least 50 years old and which are of archaeological interest, including pieces of pottery, basketry, bottles, weapons, weapon projectiles, tools, structures or portions of structures, rock paintings, rock carvings, intaglios, graves or human skeletal materials. Paleontological specimens are not to be considered archaeological resources unless found in an archaeological context.(3) "State lands" means any lands owned, occupied, or controlled by the State of North Carolina, with the exception of those lands under short term lease solely for archaeological purposes, excluding highway right-of-ways. (1981, c. 904, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 70-14 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 70 - Indian Antiquities, Archaeological Resources and Unmarked Human Skeletal Remains Protection|Article 2 - Archaeological Resources Protection Act.|§ 70-14 - Rule-making authority; custody of resources.

 70-14. Rule-making authority; custody of resources.The North Carolina Historical Commission, in consultation with the Department of Administration, may promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of this Article and to provide for the exchange, where appropriate, between suitable universities, museums, or other scientific or educational institutions, of archaeological resources removed from State lands pursuant to this Article, and the ultimate disposition of those resources. (1981, c. 904, s. 2.)