NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 60

HOUSE BILL 230

 

 

AN ACT TO CONTINUE A MORATORIUM ON INCORPORATIONS AND ANNEXATIONS IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY.

 

Whereas, the General Assembly in its 1975 Session, by enactment of Chapter 368, Session Laws, 1975, created the Asheville-Buncombe County Local Government Study Commission to study the local government organizational structure in Buncombe County, and the feasibility and advisability of creation of additional units of local government in the county, among other things; and

Whereas, Chapter 368 of the Session Laws of 1975 suspended until February 1, 1977, the powers of municipalities in Buncombe County to annex territory, and the power of the Municipal Board of Control to incorporate territory in Buncombe County; and

Whereas, The Asheville-Buncombe County Local Government Study Commission has prepared its report; and

Whereas, the matters which were the subject of the study and report are of critical importance to the future of the City of Asheville and Buncombe County, and ample time should be allowed for consideration of the report by local government officials and the public in Asheville and Buncombe County; Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  The authority of municipalities in Buncombe County to annex territory pursuant to Parts 2 and 3 of Article 4A of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes is hereby suspended until July 1, 1979.

Sec. 2. The authority of the Municipal Board of Control to incorporate areas in Buncombe County pursuant to Article 1A of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes is hereby suspended until January 1, 1979.

Sec. 3. This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 7th day of March, 1977.