Bill Summaries: S281 (2011-2012 Session)

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  • Summary date: May 12 2011 - View summary

    AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE CITIES TO ESTABLISH A MUNICIPAL SERVICE DISTRICT FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONVERTING PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL STREETS TO PUBLIC STREETS AND TO AUTHORIZE RELATED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS TO TRANSFER PLANNED COMMUNITY PROPERTY TO CITIES. Summarized in Daily Bulletin 3/9/11 and 3/29/11. Enacted May 12, 2011. Effective May 12, 2011.


  • Summary date: Mar 29 2011 - View summary

    Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to 1st edition. Deletes all provisions in proposed new GS 160A-536 and replaces them with the following. Authorizes a city to establish a service district to convert private residential streets to public streets if the following conditions are met: (1) the service district tax only is used to pay certain specified costs related to the transfer of ownership of the streets, evaluation of the condition of the streets, and the design and construction costs related to improving the private streets to meet public street standards; (2) the service district tax may not exceed 30% of the ad valorem tax rate in effect in the city in the fiscal year prior to the establishment of the district; (3) no further service district tax may be imposed, and the district must be abolished, after the private streets have been upgraded to meet public street standards and all costs have been recovered. Provides that if the city abandons the streets and associated rights-of-way, the street-related common elements must be returned to the owner’s association from which the city acquired them. Specifies that certain conditions must be met for a city to be able to create a municipal service district to convert private residential streets to public streets, including that the private residential road be nongated; that the city receive a petition signed by at least 60% of the lot owners of the owners’ association requesting the service district; that the city agree to accept the converted streets for perpetual public maintenance; and that the city, and county in which the city is located, meet certain threshold population requirements.


  • Summary date: Mar 9 2011 - View summary

    Amends GS 160A-536 to establish municipal service districts to convert private residential streets, including streets within planned community associations, to public streets under certain conditions, including conveying street-related common elements to the city, accepting conveyance of the streets by the city for perpetual public maintenance, restricting levy of property taxes within the district to not more than 30% of the ad valorem rate in the city, and limiting use of tax proceeds to street improvement-related costs within the service district. Service districts created and taxes levied under this provision must be abolished once all street improvement-related costs have been recovered.