House committee substitute replaces the 1st edition in its entirety with the following.

Requires that the legal boundary line between Franklin County and Granville County to be as depicted by the Census Redistricting Data PL 94-171 TIGER/Line Shapefiles associated with the 2020 federal decennial census, which is consistent with the boundary line used by the counties and reflected in the counties' geographic information systems maps. Specifies that any completed county boundary survey delivered by the NC Geodectic Survey in line with GS Chapter 153A in 2023 or 2024 that is not consistent with the legal boundary described above, is not binding upon Franklin and Granville Counties. Prohibits either county from using any such survey as a common boundary between the two counties.

Directs that, starting on or after the act’s effective date, all papers, documents, and instruments required or permitted to be filed or registered related to residents or property must be filed in the county in which the property is located pursuant to the boundary described above despite the fact that papers, documents, and instruments required or permitted to be filed or registered with respect to such residents or property may have been previously recorded in the other county.

Provides that all public records related to residents and property located in areas affected by the establishment of the boundary line that were filed or recorded before the act's in the adjoining county will remain in the respective adjoining county where filed or recorded, and such records will be valid public records as to the property and persons involved, regardless of where they are recorded.

Clarifies that Franklin County, Granville County, their elected and appointed official, and their employees of Franklin County will not incur any liability under any local or general law, ordinance, rule, or regulation for any act or failure to act relating to taxation, school attendance, land use controls, elections, or any other governmental function as it relates to the currently used boundary line. 

Makes conforming changes to the act's long title.