SB 731 North Carolina Senate · 2025-2026 Session

County Service Districts/Research and URSD.

SB 731 amends North Carolina law to clarify how counties can establish and manage two types of special districts: Research and Production Service Districts (for research parks) and Urban Research Service Districts (URSDs). It requires counties creating these districts to form advisory committees with at least 10 members, including a developer representative, and allows developers to act as agents for providing services like utilities or infrastructure within the district. The bill also streamlines multi-county district creation and annexation procedures, ensuring districts can be formed even if portions don’t individually meet standards. These changes directly affect counties, developers of research parks, and property owners/tenants within designated districts.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Mar 25, 2025 Last action Mar 26, 2025

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Senate referral information was added, directing the bill to the Rules and Operations Committee with a date of March 26, 2025.

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Committee

Mar 26, 2025

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Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

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Mar 25, 2025

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0 primary · 2 co-sponsors