A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to amend the charter of the city of conover to authorize the city to annex areas completely surrounded by the city's primary corporate limits without providing for a referendum on the annexation ordinance.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Section 2.02 of the Charter of the City of Conover, being Chapter 78 of the 1977 Session Laws, as amended, reads as rewritten:
"Section 2.02. (a) Extension of corporate boundaries. All extensions of the corporate boundaries shall be governed by the general laws of North Carolina.
(b)	Certain Annexations. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the city may annex an area under Part 7 of Article 4A of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes without providing for a referendum on the annexation ordinance as required by G.S. 160A‑58.55(i) and G.S. 160A‑58.64 if the total area to be annexed is completely surrounded by the city's primary corporate limits. The remaining provisions of Part 7 of Article 4A of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes shall apply to any annexation under this section. The property tax liability for real and personal property in the area annexed under this section shall be as provided in G.S. 160A‑58.10."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.