AN ACT CONCERNING VOLUNTARY SATELLITE ANNEXATION BY various municipalities.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 160A‑58.1(b)(5) does not apply to the Cities of Claremont, Concord, Conover, Newton, Sanford, and Southport, and the Towns of Maiden, Midland, Swansboro, and Warsaw.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 24th day of September, 2002.

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		 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

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		 James B. Black
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives