GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1999

SESSION LAW 1999-283
HOUSE BILL 738

AN ACT CONCERNING ANNEXATION OF NONCONTIGUOUS AREAS BY THE CITY OF GREENVILLE, AND AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF CATAWBA TO ANNEX PROPERTY ENCLOSED BY THE CORPORATE BOUNDARIES OF THE TOWN.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 160A-58.1(b)(2) shall not apply to the City of Greenville as to any property if the City has entered into an annexation agreement pursuant to Part 6 of Article 4A of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes with the city to which a point on the proposed satellite corporate limits is closer and that agreement states that the other city will not annex the property.
Section 2.(a)  Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 160A-36, the Town of Catawba may adopt ordinances annexing property that, on January 1, 1999, was completely enclosed by the corporate limits of the Town, if the Town does the following:
(1)	Fixes a date for a public hearing on the annexation and publishes notice of the public hearing at least 10 days before the date of the hearing.
(2)	Makes a finding based upon circumstances and evidence satisfactory to the Town Council that the annexation is necessary for the orderly growth and development of the Town.
Section 2.(b)  The procedure for recording any annexation under this section shall be as provided in G.S. 160A-39.
Section 2.(c)  Any annexation ordinance adopted by the Town Council under this section shall be adopted before December 31, 1999.
Section 3. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 12th day of July, 1999.

s/	Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

s/	James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives