Bill Text: NC H2061 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended


Bill Title: Kannapolis Doughnut Hole Annexations

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-27 - Ref to the Com on Local Government II, if favorable, Finance [H2061 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2010-H2061-Amended.html

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

H                                                                                                                                                    1

HOUSE BILL 2061*

 

 

Short Title:        Kannapolis Doughnut Hole Annexations.

(Local)

Sponsors:

Representatives Barnhart and Johnson (Primary Sponsors).

Referred to:

Local Government II, if favorable, Finance.

May 27, 2010

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to authorize the city of kannapolis to annex certain properties currently totally surrounded by the corporate limits.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 160A‑48, a municipality to which that section applies may adopt ordinances annexing property completely enclosed on May 1, 2010, by the corporate limits of the municipality, if the ordinance makes a finding that the total acreage being annexed is less than five percent (5%) of the total acreage within the corporate limits of the municipality prior to the annexation and also either:

(1)        Makes a finding based upon circumstances and evidence satisfactory to the municipality that the annexation is necessary for the orderly growth and development of the municipality; or

(2)        Makes a finding based upon circumstances and evidence satisfactory to the municipality that the annexation improves the ability to provide public safety services.

SECTION 2.  The municipality shall fix a date for a public hearing on the annexation and publish notice of the public hearing at least 10 days before the day of the hearing.

SECTION 3.  The procedure for recording any annexation under this act is as provided in G.S. 160A‑51.

SECTION 4.  Any annexation ordinance adopted under this act shall be adopted before December 31, 2020.

SECTION 5.  This act applies only to the City of Kannapolis.

SECTION 6.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

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