Senate committee substitute to the 1st edition makes the following changes.

Adds the following content and changes the act’s titles.

Section 2

Authorizes the Madison County Sheriff's Office to enter into memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with sheriffs' offices located in three identified Tennessee counties to permit those offices to conduct law enforcement special operations mission and cooperative enforcement actions across state lines. Requires MOUs to address shared or assigned liability for any claims arising from actions taken pursuant to agreements and limit liability of Madison County and the State to the greatest extent possible. Requires annually reporting any new MOUs entered into during the year to the Department of Justice. Applies to Madison County only.

Section 3

Amends Section 9 of Stanley’s Town Charter, SL 1911-233, as amended, as follows. Gives the Stanley Town Council the power, when necessary, to appoint or remove the Town Attorney. Expands upon whom the Town Manager may hire, suspend, or remove to now include all Town employees, including the previously excluded Tax Collector, and Clerk (now only excludes the Town Attorney). Makes changes throughout to refer to Town instead of City. Makes other clarifying and technical changes.

Section 4

Empowers the Town of Pine Knoll Shores (Town) to make, adopt, and enforce ordinances for the navigable waters of canals and Bogue Sound within the corporate limit and extraterritorial jurisdiction of the Town concerning:

(1)   Placement and maintenance of channel aids and markers, anchoring aids and markers, and navigational aids and markers in conformity with the US Aids to Navigation System and the rules of the Wildlife Resources Commission (WRC) as adopted for use on the waters of NC. Requires the Town Board of Commissioners (Board), by ordinance or resolution, to identify the location of the devices by use of Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates and to notify both the US Coast Guard and US Army Corps of Engineers in writing of the intent to place the devices, prior to doing so. Provides notice requirements.

(2)   Enforcement of ordinances adopted under the authority of this act in accordance with GS 160A-175.

Clarifies that this act is intended to supersede GS 75A-15(a)(3) for the navigable waters of canals and Bogue Sound within the corporate limits and extraterritorial jurisdiction of the Town, but that any other State or federal rule or regulation will supersede and prevail over a local ordinance to the extent of any conflict between the two.

Provides that law enforcement officers of the Town, the Carteret County Sheriff’s Office, and WRC have authority to enforce any local ordinance adopted under the act’s authority.

Section 5

Adds the specified territory to Jacksonville’s corporate limits.

Species that the act does not create or increase any right for a city to regulate or influence activities of the federal government or any activities and operations occurring in or on the Base, Air Station, or Commands.

Effective June 30, 2026. Specifies that property in the described territory as of January 1, 2026, is subject to municipal taxes for taxes imposed for taxable years beginning on or after July 1, 2026.

Section 6

Allows Cumberland County, by majority vote of the Cumberland County Board to Commissioners, to elect to operate no more than one primary PSAP within its geographical boundaries to serve the county and its municipalities. Requires when a resolution is adopted for all municipalities in Cumberland County to participate in the consolidated PSAP system. Requires the PSAP to be operated by the Cumberland County government, unless otherwise designated by resolution. Provides that if the Board of Commissioners elects to operate a single PSAP, it may, by majority vote and resolution: (1) designate a municipality to operate the PSAP, (2) designate a joint agency or authority to operate the PSAP, and (3) enter into an interlocal agreement within an adjacent county to consolidate PSAP operations. Sets out a timeframe for consolidating PSAPs. Sets out the mechanism for allocating the funding and operational costs for a single PSAP between Cumberland County and its municipalities. Requires the PSAP to comply with all applicable requirements of Part 10 (Emergency Telephone Service) of Article 15 of GS Chapter 143B, including those specified. Requires that the PSAP maintain service levels that meet or exceed the standards established by the NC 911 Board and the National Emergency Number Association.