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<br />1 line separating the two counties along the remaining nine percent (9%) of the boundary area_
<br />2 The Boards of Commissioners shall. make the determination of the most appropriate location
<br />3 for a boundary line on or before October 31, 2011.
<br />4 SECTION 5 (a). Alamance County and Orange County shall cause areas within the
<br />5 ~ nine percent (9%) of the boundary area to be surveyed for purposes of locating a boundary line.
<br />6 The counties shall not be responsible for the costs of such surveys where owners of property
<br />7 located within the remaining nine percent (9%) of the boundary area request their property, or
<br />8 any portion thereof, be located within a specific county. All such surveys shall be completed
<br />9 by January 31, 2012.
<br />10 SECTION 5 (b). The Alamance County and Orange County Boards of Commissioners
<br />11 shall, during the 2012 short session, submit a recommendation in the form of a local bill to the
<br />12 North Carolina General Assembly for the location of a final boundary line along the remaining
<br />13 nine percent (9%) of the area separating the two counties.
<br />14 SECTION 5 (c}. All owners of property within the remaining nine percent (9%) of the
<br />15 boundary area shall be notified in writing via United States Mail First Class not less than 30
<br />16 days prior to a public hearing to be conducted
<br />17 SECTION 5 (b). Any such owners of property shall have the right to address the
<br />18 Alamance County and Orange County Boards of Commissioners regarding the status of their
<br />19 property located within the nine percent (9%) area, as that status relates to the Alamance
<br />20 County Orange County boundary, at any regularly scheduled Regular Public Meeting, at which
<br />21 public comment is traditionally accepted, of the Alamance County Board of Commissioners or
<br />22 the Orange County Board of Commissioners.
<br />23 SECTION 6. Any. child who was a resident of any area reassigned by this act on its
<br />24 date of ratification and who was a student in the Orange or Alamance school system during the
<br />25 2009-2010 or 2010-2011 or 2011-2012 school year, and the siblings of any such person, may
<br />26 attend school in the same school system as their siblings without necessity of a release or
<br />27 payment of tuition. Any such student, while attending the Orange County school system, shall
<br />28 be considered a resident of Orange County for all public school purposes, including
<br />29 transportation, athletics, and funding formulas. Any such student, while attending the
<br />30 Alamance County School system, shall be considered a resident of Alamance County for all
<br />31 public school purposes, including transportation, athletics and funding formulas. Notice must
<br />32 be given to all affected school systems by the parent or guardian in order to exercise the
<br />33 privilege granted by this section.
<br />34 SECTION 6 (a). The Alamance County Board of Education shall cooperate with the
<br />35 Orange County Board of Education, on behalf of residents that have students affected by this
<br />36 Act to ensure that a transition is made that provides students and their siblings with a choice to
<br />37 remain in their current school system until graduation from high school for so long as they
<br />3 8 reside in the residence affected by this Act.
<br />39 SECTION 7. The establishment of a county boundary line is, pursuant to Article VII
<br />40 Section 1 of the North Carolina Constitution, the sole responsibility of the North Carolina
<br />41 General assembly. Further, it is vital to the State of North Carolina and all affected local
<br />42 governments that county boundary lines be fixed and any uncertainty. as to the location of
<br />43 county boundary lines be resolved. For this reason- and in the interest of justice neither
<br />44 Alamance County nor Orange County, nor any agent, employee, or appointed or elected
<br />45 official, shall be liable to any individual, group, organization, for profit or not for profit
<br />46 business entity of any kind, governmental entity or agency of any type or kind, for any
<br />47 damages, costs, fees or fines, and no court action shall be maintained against said counties,
<br />48 agents, employees, or officials, for any recommendation, act, failure to act, or conduct related
<br />49 to SL 2010-61, any pending Local Bill, which subsequently becomes law, related to the
<br />50 location of the Alamance County Orange County Boundary Line, this Act, or the adoption of a
<br />51 fixed boundary line separating the two counties. Effective upon ratification of this Act,
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