(e) Scope. This section applies to Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Bladen, Brunswick, Cabarrus, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Forsyth, Franklin, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Haywood, Iredell, Jackson, Johnston, Lee, Macon, Madison, Moore, Nash, Orange, Pasquotank, Pender, Randolph, Richmond, Rowan, Sampson, Scotland, Stanly, Union, Wake, and Watauga Counties.
(Sess. Laws 1995, ch. 702, § 1)