GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
S	3
SENATE BILL 12*
Judiciary II Committee Substitute Adopted 2/27/01
Judiciary II Committee Substitute # 2 Adopted 3/20/01

Short Title:	Municipal Incorporation Population Estimates.	()	
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Referred to:	     	
January 29, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO USE certified ANNUAL POPULATION ESTIMATES RATHER THAN THE DECENNIAL CENSUS WHEN DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR INCORPORATION OF new MUNICIPALITIES WHICH ARE IN PROXIMITY TO EXISTING MUNICIPALITIES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.   G.S. 120‑166(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	The Commission may not make a positive recommendation if the proposed municipality is located within one mile of a municipality of 5,000 to 9,999, within three miles of a municipality of 10,000 to 24,999, within four miles of a municipality of 25,000 to 49,999, or within five miles of a municipality of 50,000 or over, according to the most recent annual population estimates certified by the  State Planning Officer."
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective with respect to all petitions for municipal incorporation submitted on or after December 1, 2001, under Article 20 of Chapter 120 of the General Statutes.