§ 153A-19. Establishing and naming townships. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 153A‑19. Establishing and naming townships.

(a)        A county may by resolution establish and abolish townships,change their boundaries, and prescribe their names, except that no suchresolution may become effective during the period beginning January 1, 1998,and ending January 2, 2000, and any resolution providing that the boundaries ofa township shall change automatically with changes in the boundaries of a cityshall not be effective during that period. The current boundaries of eachtownship within a county shall at all times be drawn on a map, or set out in awritten description, or shown by a combination of these techniques. Thiscurrent delineation shall be available for public inspection in the office ofthe clerk.

(b)        Any provision of a city charter or other local act whichprovides that the boundaries of a township shall change automatically upon achange in a city boundary shall not be effective during the period beginningJanuary 1, 1998, and ending January 2, 2000.

(c)        The county manager or, where there is no county manager, thechairman of the board of commissioners, shall report township boundaries andchanges in those boundaries to the United States Bureau of the Census in theBoundary and Annexations Survey. In responding to the surveys, each countymanager or, if there is no manager, chairman of the board of commissionersshall consult with the county board of elections and other appropriate localagencies as to the location of township boundaries, so that the Census Bureau'smapping of township boundaries does not disagree with any county votingprecinct boundaries that may be based on township boundaries. (1868, c. 20, s. 8; Code, s. 707; Rev., s. 1318; C.S.,s. 1297; 1973, c. 822, s. 1; 1987, c. 715, s. 1; c. 879, s. 2; 1993, c. 352, s.1; 1995, c. 423, s. 4.)