GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	1 

SENATE BILL 698

Short Title:  Hebron Incorporated.	(Local)

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Sponsors: Senator Kinnaird.

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Referred to:  Rules and Operations of the Senate.

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April 1, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE TOWN OF HEBRON.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  A charter is enacted for the Town of Hebron to read:
"CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF HEBRON.
"CHAPTER I.
"INCORPORATION AND CORPORATE POWERS.
"Section 1.1.  Incorporation and corporate powers.  The inhabitants of the Town of Hebron are a body corporate and politic under the name The Town of Hebron.  Under that name they have all the powers, duties, rights, privileges, and immunities conferred and imposed upon cities by the general law of North Carolina.
"CHAPTER II.
"CORPORATE BOUNDARIES.
"Section 2.1.  Town boundaries.  (a)	Until modified in accordance with law, the boundaries of the Town of Hebron are as follows:
The incorporated Town of Hebron shall consist of the tracts of land in the Cheeks Township of Orange County, generally described as those properties between Interstate 85, Bowman Road, West Ten Road, Buckhorn Road, Yarborough Road, and the Orange County Line, and described more specifically as follows:
Boundary of the Town of Hebron, North Carolina:
1.  Beginning at the intersection of highways West Ten and Buckhorn Road and running East along the Northern boundaries of the following properties:
Tax Map	Lot Number
3-43	20
"	21A
2.  The property proceeds South along the Eastern boundaries of the following properties:
Tax Map	Lot Number
3-43	21A
"	32H
"	32J
"	29A
"	32B
3-48	12C
"	11
3.  The boundary turns Southwest at Bushy Cook Road and proceeds Southwest along the Southern boundaries of the following properties:
Tax Map	Lot Number
3-48	11
"	11A
"	10
4.  The boundary then proceeds South along the Eastern boundary of the following properties:
Tax Map	Lot Number
3-48	10
"	23
"	22
5.  The boundary then proceeds Southwest along Yarborough Road along the Southern boundaries of the following properties:
Tax Map	Lot Number
3-48	22
3-54	1D
6.  The boundary then proceeds South along the Eastern boundary of the following properties:
Tax Map	Lot Number
3-54	1H
"	2A
7.  The boundary then turns West and runs along the Southern boundary of the following property:
Tax Map	Lot Number
3-54	2A
8.  The boundary then turns Northwest along the Western boundaries of the following properties:
Tax Map	Lot Number
3-54	2A
"	2
9.  The boundary then turns South and proceeds along the Eastern boundary of the following property:
Tax Map	Lot Number
3-54	1
l0.  The boundary turns West and proceeds along the Southern boundary of the following property:
Tax Map	Lot Number
3-54	1
11.  The boundary then turns South at the intersection with Property 3-53/9A and proceeds South along the Eastern boundaries of the following properties:
Tax Map	Lot Number
3-53	9A
"	9
12.  The boundary then proceeds West along the Southern boundary of the following property:
Tax Map	Lot Number
3-53	9
13.  The boundary then turns South and proceeds along the Eastern boundary of the following property:
Tax Map	Lot Number
3-53	11E
14.  The boundary then turns West and proceeds along the Southern boundary of the following property:
Tax Map	Lot Number
3-53	11E
15.  The boundary then turns South and proceeds along the Eastern boundary of the following property:
Tax Map	Lot Number
3-53	12
16.  The boundary then turns West and proceeds along the Southern boundary of the following property:
Tax Map	Lot Number
3-53	12
17.  The boundary then turns Northwest and proceeds along the Western boundary of the following property:
Tax Map	Lot Number
3-53	12
18.  The boundary then proceeds to the Southern boundary of Yarborough Road where it turns Southwest and proceeds along the Eastern boundary of property 6-1/7.  The boundary then turns West at the Southern boundary of 6-1/7 and runs West along the Southern boundaries of the following properties:
Tax Map	Lot Number
6-1	7
6-1	6
The boundary then crosses Yarborough Road and turns Southwest.  It then runs Southwest along the Southern boundaries of the following property:
Tax Map	Lot Number
6-1	47
"	4
"	4E
"	4B
19.  The boundary then proceeds North along Mebane Oaks Road, running with the Western boundaries of the following properties:
Tax Map	Lot Number
6-1	4A
"	4
"	2
3-53	13
"	14
"	14A
"	14B
"	2
"	22
20.  The boundary then intersects Hebron Church Road and proceeds East along Hebron Church Road running with the Northern boundaries of the following properties:
Tax Map	Lot Number
3-53	2
"	2A
21.  The boundary then crosses Hebron Church Road at the Western boundary of Property 3-53/27 and then proceeds North along the Western boundary of Property 3-53/27.  The boundary then turns East at the Northern boundary of Property 3-53/27.  The boundary then turns Northwest at the Western boundary of Property 3-47/25.
22.  The boundary then proceeds Northwest along the Western boundaries of the following properties:
Tax Map	Lot Number
3-47	25
"	7
23.  The boundary then crosses L. A. Dixon Jr. Road and turns East along the Northern boundary of L. A. Dixon Jr. Road.  The boundary then turns North and proceeds North along the Western boundary of Property 3-47/7.  It then turns East and runs East along the Northern boundary of Property 3-47/7 until it intersects with the Western boundary of Property 3-47/11.  The boundary then runs Northwest along the Western boundary of Property 3-47/11.  The boundary then turns Northeast at the Northern boundary of Property 3-47/11 and runs Northeast along the Northwest boundary of Property 3-47/11 until it reaches Bowman Road.  It then turns East along Bowman Road and runs East with the Northern boundaries of the following properties:
Tax Map	Lot Number
3-47	11
"	13
3-47	19
24.  The boundary then crosses Ben Wilson Road and runs North along the Western boundary of Property 3-42/1 and runs North as it turns Northwest until it reaches the Northern boundary of Property 3-42/1.  It then proceeds East along the Northern boundaries of the following properties:
Tax Map	Lot Number
3-42	1
"	21
25.  The boundary turns North at the intersection of the Western boundary of Property 3-42/7 and runs North with the Western boundaries of the following properties:
Tax Map	Lot Number
3-42	7
3-21	25
26.  The boundary turns East as it reaches Interstate 85/40 and runs East along Interstate 85 with the Northern boundaries of the following properties:
Tax Map	Lot Number
3-21	25
"	22
27.  The boundary turns South when it reaches West Ten Road and runs Southeast along West Ten Road with the Eastern boundary of Property 3-21/22A.  The boundary then crosses Rock Quarry Road and then continues Southeast, running with the Northern boundaries of the following properties:
Tax Map	Lot Number
3-21	23
3-42	12G
"	12H
"	12P
"	12E
"	12A
28.  The boundary then crosses West Ten Road at the Western boundary of Property 3-21/30A and turns North running North with the Western boundary of the following properties:
Tax Map	Lot Number
3-21	30A
"	30
29.  The boundary then turns East at the Northern boundary of Property 3-21/30 and runs East along the Northern boundary of Property 3-21/30 until it reaches the Eastern boundary of Property 3-21/30 where it turns South and runs South with the Eastern boundary of Property 3-21/30.  The boundary turns East at the Northern boundary of Property 3-28/1 and runs East with the Northern boundary of Property 3-28/1.  It turns South at the Eastern boundary of Property 3-28/1 and runs South with the Eastern boundary of Property 3-28/1.  It turns East at the North boundary of Property 3-42/21 and runs East along the Northern boundary of Property 3-43/21.  The boundary turns South at Buckhorn Road and runs South along Buckhorn Road with the Eastern boundary of Property 3-43/21 until it returns to the starting point.

The described boundary includes some 3465.89 acres more or less.  The footage in this description is taken from approximations based on the Orange County tax maps for the Cheeks and Bingham Townships.
(b)	In any case where roads are used as boundaries, the corporate limits extend to the far right-of-way.
"CHAPTER III.
"GOVERNING BODY.
"Section 3.1.  Structure of governing body; number of members.  The governing body of the Town of Hebron is the Town Council, which has five members.
"Section 3.2.  Manner of electing Council.  The qualified voters of the entire Town elect the members of the Council.
"Section 3.3.  Term of office of Council members.  Members of the Town Council are elected to four-year terms, except at the initial elections in 1999 when the three highest vote-getters who are elected shall be elected to four-year terms and the next two highest vote-getters shall be elected to two-year terms.  In 2001 and quadrennially thereafter, two members of the Council shall be elected for four-year terms.  In 2003 and quadrennially thereafter, three members of the Council shall be elected for four-year terms.
"Section 3.4.  Selection of Mayor; term of office.  At the organizational meeting of the interim Council and at the organizational meeting after each election, the Council shall elect one of its members to serve as Mayor at its pleasure.  The Mayor has the right to vote on all matters before the Council.
"CHAPTER IV.
"ELECTIONS.
"Section 4.1.  Conduct of Town elections.  The Town Council shall be elected on a nonpartisan basis.  Elections shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 163 of the General Statutes.
"Section 4.2.  Determination of election results.  The results shall be determined by the plurality method in accordance with G.S. 163-292.
"CHAPTER V.
"ADMINISTRATION.
"Section 5.1. Mayor-Council plan.  The Town of Hebron operates under the Mayor-Council plan as provided by Part 3 of Article 7 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes."
Section 2.  Administration of taxes.  From and after the effective date of the incorporation, the citizens and property in the Town of Hebron shall be subject to municipal taxes levied for the year beginning July 1, 1999, and for that purpose the Town shall obtain from Orange County a record of property in the area herein incorporated which was listed for taxes as of January 1, 1999; and the businesses in the Town shall be liable for privilege license tax from the effective date of the privilege license tax ordinance.  The Town may adopt a budget ordinance for fiscal year 1999-2000 without following the timetable in the Local Government Budget and Fiscal Control Act, but shall follow the sequence of actions in the spirit of the act insofar as it practical.  For fiscal year 1999-2000, ad valorem taxes may be paid at par or face amount within 90 days of adoption of the budget ordinance levying them, and thereafter in accordance with the schedule in G.S. 105-360 as if the taxes had been due and payable September 1, 1999.
Section 3.  Interim governing board.  Until members of the Town Council are elected in 1999 in accordance with the Town Charter and the law of North Carolina, Johnny E. Lloyd, Gary D. McAlister, Rev. Carson S. Tyson, Elizabeth G. Webster, William E. Wilkinson, Ethel M. Yarborough, and Lynne M. Holtkamp shall serve as members of the Town Council.  The initial meeting of the Town Council shall be called by the Clerk to the Board of Commissioners of Orange County.
Section 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.