GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

CHAPTER 384

HOUSE BILL 519

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT WHEN A CITY ANNEXES PROPERTY IN A COUNTY WHERE LESS THAN FIFTY PERCENT OF THE CITY IS LOCATED, NOTICE MUST ALSO BE GIVEN IN THAT COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 160A-37(b) and G.S. 160A-49(b) are each amended by rewriting the first sentence of the second paragraph to read:

"Such notice shall be given by publication once a week for at least two successive weeks prior to the date of the hearing in a newspaper having general circulation in the municipality and, in addition thereto, if the area to be annexed lies in a county containing less than fifty percent (50%) of the land area of the municipality, in a newspaper having general circulation in the area of proposed annexation."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective with respect to annexations when resolutions of intent under G.S. 160A-37(a) or G.S. 160A-49(a) are adopted after the date of ratification of this act.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 13th day of June, 1985.