Town of Pinebluff v. Moore Cty.

MURPHY, Judge.

*447 *747 The disagreement between these local governments can be traced to a conflict between a law of general application and a local bill: North Carolina's extraterritorial jurisdiction statute (codified at N.C.G.S. § 160A-360 ) and a local act pertaining to the exercise of territorial jurisdiction by the Town of Pinebluff (Senate Bill 433 enacted in 1999 as Session Law 1999-35). Between 2014-2015, Pinebluff sought to expand its extraterritorial jurisdiction and, pursuant to the aforementioned local act, informed Moore County of its intent to do so. Moore County refused to adopt a…