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Chapter 153A <br />§ 153A -301. Purposes for which districts may be established. <br />21 <br />(a) The board of commissioners of any county may define any number of service districts in <br />order to finance, provide, or maintain for the districts one or more of the following services, facilities <br />and functions in addition to or to a greater extent than those financed, provided or maintained for the <br />entire county: <br />(1) Beach erosion control and flood and hurricane protection works. <br />(2) Fire protection. <br />(3) Recreation. <br />(4) Sewage collection and disposal systems of all types, including septic tank systems or <br />other on -site collection or disposal facilities or systems. <br />(5) Solid waste collection and disposal systems. <br />(6) Water supply and distribution systems. <br />(7) Ambulance and rescue. <br />(8) Watershed improvement projects, including but not limited to watershed <br />improvement projects as defined in Chapter 139 of the General Statutes; drainage <br />projects, including but not limited to the drainage projects provided for by Chapter <br />156 of the General Statutes; and water resources development projects, including but <br />not limited to the federal water resources development projects provided for by <br />Article 21 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes. <br />(9) Cemeteries. <br />(10) Law enforcement if all of the following apply: <br />a. The population of the county is (i) over 900,000 according to the most recent <br />federal decennial census, and (ii) less than ten percent (10 %) of the population <br />of the county is in an unincorporated area according to the most recent federal <br />decennial census. <br />b. The county has an interlocal agreement or agreements with a municipality or <br />municipalities for the provision of law enforcement services in the <br />unincorporated area of the county. <br />C. Repealed by Session Laws 2008 -134, s. 76(c), effective July 28, 2008. <br />(11) Services permitted under Article 24 of this Chapter if the district is subject to G.S. <br />1 53A- 472.1. <br />(b) The General Assembly fords that coastal -area counties have a special problem with lack of <br />maintenance of platted rights -of -way, resulting in ungraded sand travelways deviating from the original <br />rights-of-way and encroaching on private property, and such cartways exhibit poor drainage and are <br />blocked by junk automobiles. <br />(c) To address the problem described in subsection (b), the board of commissioners of any <br />coastal-area county as defined by G.S. 113 A -103 (2) may define any number of service districts in order <br />to finance, provide, or maintain for the districts one or more of the following services, facilities and <br />functions in addition to or to a greater extent than those financed, provided or maintained for the entire <br />county: <br />(1) Removal of j unk automobiles; and <br />(2) Street maintenance. <br />(d) The board of commissioners of a county that contains a protected mountain ridge, as defined <br />by G.S. 113A-205(6), may define any number of service districts, composed of subdivision lots within <br />one or more contiguous subdivisions that are served by common public roads, to finance for the district <br />the maintenance of such public roads that are either located in the district or provide access to some or <br />all lots in the district from a State road, where some portion of those roads is not subject to compliance <br />http: Hwww. ncga. state. nc. us/gas cripts/statute s/statute I ookup.pl? statute= 15 3 Astatute =153A 2/14/2013 <br />