North Carolina HB 801: Tissue Bank Accreditation.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 801

Short Title: LRC Study Paper Towns. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives Stevens and Ross (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: State and Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the
House
April 8, 2025
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMMISSION TO STUDY 2
PAPER TOWNS IN NORTH CAROLINA. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1.(a) The Legislative Research Commission (LRC) shall study the 5
current status of "paper towns" in North Carolina. For purposes of this act, the term "paper town" 6
means a town that exists in fact but does not provide adequate services, as required by law, to its 7
residents. As part of the study, the LRC shall do the following: 8
(1) Determine whether towns incorporated by the General Assembly since 1995 9
are currently providing the services proposed by the petitioners in the petition 10
to incorporate submitted to the then existing Joint Legislative Commission on 11
Municipal Incorporation. 12
(2) Determine whether the services currently being provided by each town are 13
sufficient to sustain the incorporation for purposes of continued taxation, 14
zoning, and regulation of the right to control private property. 15
(3) Determine whether the General Assembly should take action regarding any of 16
the towns studied, including suspension or revocation of the charter, due to 17
the failure of the town to provide critical services sufficient to sustain the 18
incorporation. 19
(4) Review the statutory criteria for incorporation as provided in Part 2 of Article 20
20 of Chapter 120 of the General Statutes to determine what, if any, changes 21
should be made to ensure that towns continue to provide a sufficient level of 22
services after being incorporated, including those proposed in the petition to 23
incorporate, to justify continued incorporation of the town. 24
SECTION 1.(b) The LRC shall make a final report on its study, including any 25
proposed legislation, to the 2026 Regular Session of the 2025 General Assembly upon its 26
convening. 27
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law. 28