GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 420
Committee Substitute Favorable 7/17/97

Short Title:  Kings Mt./Moss Lake Amendments.	(Local)

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March 6, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF KINGS MOUNTAIN TO ANNEX CERTAIN NONCONTIGUOUS PROPERTY, CREATING THE MOSS LAKE AUTHORITY TO ADDRESS ISSUES RELATED TO THE LAKE, AND PROVIDING GUIDELINES FOR THE COLLECTION AND DISBURSEMENT OF FEES GENERATED FROM THE RECREATIONAL USE OF MOSS LAKE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
PART 1. ANNEXATION OF A PORTION OF THE MOSS LAKE PROPERTY.
Section 1.  Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 160A-58.7 and G.S. 160A-58.1(b), the City of Kings Mountain may annex under Part 4 of Article 4A of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes the property on which the John Henry Moss Water Treatment Plant and Moss Lake Dam are situated. 
Section 2.  The boundaries of any area annexed under this act shall not be considered the primary corporate limits of the City for the purpose of Part 4 of Article 4A of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes and shall not be considered the boundary of the municipality for the purpose of Part 1, 2, or 3 of that Article, even if the area becomes contiguous due to annexation of the intervening property.
PART 2. MOSS LAKE AUTHORITY; CREATION; MEMBERS.
Section 3. There is established the Moss Lake Authority, to be composed of five members: three shall be residents of the City of Kings Mountain who are not elected officials or City employees, appointed by the City Council; one shall be a member of the Moss Lake Property Owners' Association, appointed by the Association; and one shall be a member of the Cleveland County Board of Commissioners, who is neither a resident of Moss Lake nor of the City of Kings Mountain, appointed by the Board.  Members shall serve for a term of three years, except that the city clerk of the City of Kings Mountain shall randomly designate two of the initial members to serve initial two-year terms and one of the initial members to serve an initial one-year term.