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Attachment 4 ~ 0 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2010 SESSION LAW 2010-_ SENATE BILL AN ACT TO ENABLE THE TRANSITION OF PROPERTIES. OF THE AREA ALONG THEIR COMMON BOUNDARY BETWEEN ALAMANCE COUNTY AND ORANGE COUNTY DUE TO THE 2008 NORTH CAROLINA GEODETIC SURVEY WORK THAT DEPICTED AND MONUMENTED THE HISTORIC ORANGE COUNTY ALAMANCE COUNTY BOUNDARY LINE AS DESCRIBED IN THE 1849 SURVEY ESTABLISHING ALAMANCE COUNTY Section 1. The historic boundary line forming Alamance County from Orange County was described and surveyed in 1849. Over the years, this line became uncertain and so pursuant to 153A-18a entitled `Uncertain or Disputed Boundary', both county cornmissions passed resolutions (Alamance County, December 17, 2007 and Orange County, January 18, 2008) to request that North Carolina Geodetic Survey (NCGS) perform a preliminary re-survey and present a proposed map for consideration by both counties. During the 160 years since the 1849 survey the exact location of the srrveyed line has become uncertain resulting in unintentional modifications to the boundary line affecting taxation, school attendance, zoning maps, and elections, within and among Alamance County, Orange County and the Town of Mebane, North Carolina. Section 2. The Alamance County Board of Commissioners agreed, by vote on April 21, 2008 and Orange County on May 20, 2008 to approve authorizing NCGS to conduct the preliminary survey and the placing of monuments by the NCGS consistent with their research to form a boundary baseline. Section 3. In the 160 years since the initial survey Alamance County Orange County Boundary Line Alamance and Orange County have entered multiple taxing agreements, which have resulted in properties being taxed in one county by the adjoining county. Other situations have arisen in which children of one county attend school in the adjoining county and voters in one county have voted in the adjoining county. The General Assembly recognizes the difficulties in addressing these issues and authorizes Alamance County and Orange County to maintain the cun•ent taxing, elections, education and any other recognized government function in place until July 1, 2011. Section 4.