GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	2
HOUSE BILL 77
Committee Substitute Favorable 3/7/01

Short Title:	Oxford, Troutman, and Catawba Annexations.	()	
Sponsors:	     	
Referred to:	     	
February 8, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REMOVE THE PERCENTAGE OF AREA LIMITATION FOR SATELLITE ANNEXATIONS BY THE CITY OF OXFORD and the towns of troutman and catawba.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 160A‑58.1(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	A noncontiguous area proposed for annexation must meet all of the following standards:
(1)	The nearest point on the proposed satellite corporate limits must be not more than three miles from the primary corporate limits of the annexing city.
(2)	No point on the proposed satellite corporate limits may be closer to the primary corporate limits of another city than to the primary corporate limits of the annexing city.
(3)	The area must be so situated that the annexing city will be able to provide the same services within the proposed satellite corporate limits that it provides within its primary corporate limits.
(4)	If the area proposed for annexation, or any portion thereof, is a subdivision as defined in G.S. 160A‑376, all of the subdivision must be included.
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SECTION 2.  This act applies to the City of Oxford and the Towns of Troutman and Catawba only.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.