Bill Summary – FastDemocracy

H.B. 19
                         GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
                                                                                          Jan 27, 2021
                                     SESSION 2021                                   HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK
     H                                                                                            D
                                  HOUSE BILL DRH30013-LMx-19
     Short Title:   Norwood/Remove Cap on Satellite Annexations.                             (Local)
     Sponsors:      Representative Sasser.
     Referred to:
 1                                    A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 2   AN ACT REMOVING THE CAP ON SATELLITE ANNEXATIONS FOR THE TOWN OF
 3       NORWOOD.
 4   The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
 5              SECTION 1. G.S. 160A-58.1 reads as rewritten:
 6   "§ 160A-58.1. Petition for annexation; standards.
 7       …
 8       (b)    A noncontiguous area proposed for annexation must meet all of the following
 9   standards:
10              …
11              (5)   The area within the proposed satellite corporate limits, when added to the area
12                    within all other satellite corporate limits, may not exceed ten percent (10%)
13                    of the area within the primary corporate limits of the annexing city.
14                        This subdivision does not apply to the Cities of Asheboro, Belmont,
15                    Claremont, Concord, Conover, Durham, Elizabeth City, Gastonia, Greenville,
16                    Hickory, Kannapolis, Locust, Marion, Mount Airy, Mount Holly, New Bern,
17                    Newton, Oxford, Randleman, Roanoke Rapids, Rockingham, Saluda,
18                    Sanford, Salisbury, Southport, Statesville, and Washington and the Towns of
19                    Ahoskie, Angier, Apex, Ayden, Benson, Bladenboro, Bridgeton, Bunn,
20                    Burgaw, Calabash, Carthage, Catawba, China Grove, Clayton, Columbia,
21                    Columbus, Cramerton, Creswell, Dallas, Dobson, Four Oaks, Franklin,
22                    Franklinton, Fuquay-Varina, Garner, Godwin, Granite Quarry, Green Level,
23                    Grimesland, Harrisburg, Holly Ridge, Holly Springs, Hookerton, Hope Mills,
24                    Huntersville, Jamestown, Kenansville, Kenly, Knightdale, Landis, Leland,
25                    Lillington, Louisburg, Maggie Valley, Maiden, Mayodan, Maysville,
26                    Middlesex, Midland, Mocksville, Morrisville, Mount Pleasant, Nashville,
27                    Norwood, Oak Island, Ocean Isle Beach, Pembroke, Pine Level,
28                    Pollocksville, Princeton, Ranlo, Richlands, Rolesville, Rutherfordton,
29                    Shallotte, Siler City, Smithfield, Spencer, Spring Lake, Stem, Stovall, Surf
30                    City, Swansboro, Taylorsville, Troutman, Troy, Wallace, Warsaw, Watha,
31                    Waynesville, Weldon, Wendell, West Jefferson, Wilson's Mills, Windsor,
32                    Yadkinville, Youngsville, and Zebulon.
33       …."
34              SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
                                  *DRH30013-LMx-19*
Statutes affected: 
Filed: 160A-58.1
Edition 1: 160A-58.1
Edition 2: 160A-58.1
Ratified: 160A-58.1
SL 2021-101: 160A-58.1