GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2015

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HOUSE DRH20114-LMx-102  (03/17)

Short Title:        High Point/Doughnut Annexations.		(Local)
Sponsors:	Representative Faircloth.
Referred to:

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to amend the charter of the city of high point 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.  Article IX of the Charter of the City of High Point, being Chapter 501 of the 1979 Session Laws, as amended, is amended to read as follows:

"ARTICLE IX.

"GENERAL PROVISIONS.

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"Sec. 9.9.  Certain Annexations.

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"Sec. 9.9.  Certain Annexations. 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.