AN ACT authorizing counties to establish service districts to finance early childhood education programs.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 153A‑301 reads as rewritten:

§ 153A‑301.  Purposes for which districts may be established.

(a)        The board of commissioners of any county may define any number of service districts in order to finance, provide, or maintain for the districts one or more of the following services, facilities and functions in addition to or to a greater extent than those financed, provided or maintained for the entire county:

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(12)      Early childhood education programs.

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SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2023.