AN ACT to authorize the extension of the extraterritorial JURISDICTION of the town of oak ridge, and to allow for voluntary annexation of any of that property upon petition of the property owner.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Chapter 1 of the Charter of the Town of Oak Ridge, being S.L. 1998‑113, is amended by adding a new section to read:
"Section 1.3. In accordance with G.S. 160A‑360, and in the territory described below, the Town of Oak Ridge shall exercise extraterritorial jurisdiction and may exercise any other power in accordance with Article 19 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes except that G.S. 160A‑360(a) and (e) do not apply:
(1)	Being that area in Guilford County, beginning at the intersection of County Line Road and the corporate limits of the Town of Oak Ridge, thence along County Line Road in a generally westerly direction to the Forsyth County line, thence north along the county line to the corporate limits of the Town of Stokesdale, then following the corporate limits of the Town of Stokesdale to the point where the corporate limits of the Town of Stokesdale and the Town of Oak Ridge intersect, thence along the corporate limits of the Town of Oak Ridge beginning in a southeasterly direction and following the western side of the corporate limits of the Town of Oak Ridge.
(2)	Being that area in Guilford County west of North Carolina Highway 68 that on March 1, 2009, was entirely surrounded by the corporate limits of the Town of Stokesdale and the Town of Oak Ridge.
(3)	Being those areas in Guilford County west of North Carolina Highway 68 that on March 1, 2009, were entirely surrounded by the corporate limits of the Town of Oak Ridge."
SECTION 2.  Section 1.2 of the Charter of the Town of Oak Ridge, being S.L. 1998‑113, as amended by Section 1 of S.L. 2005‑245, reads as rewritten:
"Section 1.2. (a)	Except as provided by subsection (c) of this section, Article 4A of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes does not apply to the Town of Oak Ridge until July 1, 2018.
(b)	G.S. 160A‑58.1(b)(2) does not apply to (i) the City of Greensboro as it relates to the Town of Oak Ridge or (ii) the Town of Kernersville as it relates to the Town of Oak Ridge.
(c)	Parts 1 and 4 of Article 4A of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes apply to the Town of Oak Ridge as to the following described territory in Guilford County:
(1)	Beginning at a point located at the intersection of Haw River Road and the Forsyth/Guilford County line; thence following the Forsyth/Guilford County line north to the point at which the Forsyth/Guilford County line intersects with the corporate limits of the Town of Stokesdale; thence continuing in an easterly and southeasterly direction following the Town of Stokesdale corporate limits to Haw River Road at which point the Town of Oak Ridge corporate limits begin; thence continuing southwesterly along the southern right‑of‑way of Haw River Road to the point and place of beginning.
(2)	Any territory described in Section 1.3 of this Charter."
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 2nd day of July, 2009.

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		 Walter H. Dalton
	 President of the Senate

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		 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives