A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REVISE THE BOUNDARIES OF THE HARTSEASE AND HARRISON FIRE TAX DISTRICTS IN EDGECOMBE COUNTY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Section 1 of Chapter 187 of the 1995 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Section 1.  The boundaries of the Heartsease Fire Tax District in Edgecombe County are as follows:
HEARTSEASE FIRE TAX DISTRICT
Beginning at point (1) on NC Highway 97, 1.0 miles east of its intersection with S.R. 1408 (New Hope Church Road) and said beginning point also being in the common boundary of Heartsease Volunteer Fire Department Fire Tax District and the Leggett Volunteer Fire Department Tax District and thence running southeasterly with the line of the existing Leggett Volunteer Fire Department Fire Tax District and following the Tar River to point (2) where the Tar River intersects with the Town of Tarboro Corporate Limits; thence running Southwesterly and Westerly with the Town of Tarboro Corporate Limits to point (3) on US Highway 64 Alternate 1.1 miles west of its intersection with SR 1207 (McNair Road); thence running southerly along and with the Town of Tarboro Corporate Limits and line of the Princeville Volunteer Fire Department Fire Tax District to point (4) at the intersection of SR 1207 (McNair Road) and SR 1208 (Howard Avenue Extension); thence running in a westerly direction following the centerline of SR 1208 (Howard Avenue Extension) and along the line of the Princeville Volunteer Fire Department Fire Tax District to point (5) on SR 1208 (Howard Avenue Extension), 0.3 miles southwest of its intersection with SR 1225 (Kingsboro Road); thence continuing with the line of the Princeville Volunteer Fire Department Fire Tax District northwesterly to point (6) on SR 1223 (Antioch Road), a point which is 1.3 miles southwest of its intersection with SR 1225 (Kingsboro Road), and also being a point in the line of the West Edgecombe Volunteer Fire Department Fire Tax District; thence running northwesterly with the line of the West Edgecombe Volunteer Fire Department Fire Tax District to point (7) on SR 1226 (Melton Road), 0.7 miles south of its intersection with US Highway 64 Alternate; thence continuing with the line of the West Edgecombe Volunteer Fire Department Fire Tax District in a southwesterly direction to point (8) on US Highway 64 Alternate, 0.4 miles west of its intersection with SR 1226 (Melton Road); thence running in a northerly direction continuing with the line of the West Edgecombe Volunteer Fire Department Fire Tax District to and with Tar River to point (9) on NC Highway 97, 0.2 miles east of its intersection with Leggett Road and also being in the line of the Battleboro Volunteer Fire Department Harrison Fire Tax District; thence running northeasterly along and with the line of the Battleboro Volunteer Fire Department Harrison Fire Tax District to point (10) on SR 1407 (Battleboro‑Leggett Road), 0.3 miles west of its intersection with SR 1408 (New Hope Church Road); thence easterly to point (11), on SR 1407 (Battleboro‑Leggett Road), 0.4 mile southeast of its intersection with SR 1408 (New Hope Church Road) including all property between this and the preceding point; thence Southeasterly to point (1), the beginning."
SECTION 2.  Section 2 of Chapter 187 of the 1995 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 2.  The boundaries of the Harrison Fire Tax District in Edgecombe County are as follows:
HARRISON FIRE TAX DISTRICT
EDGECOMBE COUNTY
The Harrison Fire Tax District within a part of Edgecombe County is described as being that portion of Edgecombe County bounded by a line beginning at Point (1) at the intersection of the Edgecombe County line and the CSX Railroad line, 1.5 mile north of the Battleboro City limits; thence southeast to Point (2), on SR 1404 (Seven Bridges Road), 0.1 mile northeast of its intersection with SR 1411 (Marriott Road); thence southeasterly 2.4 mile to Point (3), at its intersection with the Leggett Fire Protection District; line to Point (4), on SR 1407 (Battleboro-Leggett Road), 1.5 mile east of its intersection with SR 1415 (Morning Star Church Road); thence southwesterly to Point (5), on NC Highway 97, 0.2 miles east of its intersection with Leggett Road and the Heartsease Fire Protection District line; thence southwesterly following the Tar River to Point (6), where the Tar River intersects with the Rocky Mount City limits; thence northeasterly following the Rocky Mount City limits, Edgecombe, Nash County lines and CSX Railroad to Point (1), to the beginning."
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective June 30, 2002.