§ 130A-45.2. Dissolution of a public health authority. - North Carolina Statutes

§130A‑45.2.  Dissolution of a public health authority.

(a)        Whenever the boardof commissioners of each county constituting a public health authoritydetermines that the authority is not operating in the best health interests ofthe authority service area, they may direct that the authority be dissolved. Inaddition, whenever a board of commissioners of a county which is a member of anauthority determines that the authority is not operating in the best healthinterests of that county, it may withdraw from the authority. Dissolution of anauthority or withdrawal from the authority by a county shall be effective onlyat the end of the fiscal year in which the action of dissolution or withdrawaltranspired.

(b)        Notwithstanding theprovisions of subsection (a) of this section, no public health authority shallbe dissolved without prior written notification to the Department.

(c)        Any budgetarysurplus available to a public health authority at the time of its dissolutionshall be distributed to those counties comprising the authority on the same prorata basis that the counties appropriated and contributed funds to theauthority's budget during the current fiscal year. Distribution to the countiesshall be determined on the basis of an audit of the financial record of theauthority. The public health authority board shall select a certified publicaccountant or an accountant who is subsequently certified by the LocalGovernment Commission to conduct the audit. The audit shall be performed inaccordance with G.S. 159‑34. The same method of distribution of fundsdescribed above shall apply when one or more counties of an authority withdrawfrom the authority.

(d)        Upon dissolution orwithdrawal, all rules adopted by the board continue in effect until amended orrepealed by the new authority board or boards of health. (1997‑502,s. 1.)