GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1999

SESSION LAW 1999-103
SENATE BILL 712

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE TOWN OF CORNELIUS TO MAKE ADDITIONAL VOLUNTARY SATELLITE ANNEXATIONS IF CERTAIN CRITERIA ARE MET.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 160A-58.1(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	A noncontiguous area proposed for annexation must meet all of the following standards:
(1)	The nearest point on the proposed satellite corporate limits must be not more than three miles from the primary corporate limits of the annexing city.  Notwithstanding this subdivision, if an area proposed for annexation is located entirely within the same county as the annexing municipality and in an area that another city in that county has: (i) agreed not to annex, or (ii) has given the annexing city the right of annexation under an agreement with the annexing city under Part 6 of this Article or similar local legislation authorizing such agreements, then this subdivision shall not apply.
(2)	No point on the proposed satellite corporate limits may be closer to the primary corporate limits of another city than to the primary corporate limits of the annexing city. Notwithstanding this subdivision, if an area proposed for annexation under this Part is either: (i) in an area that another city has agreed not to annex under an agreement with the annexing city under Part 6 of this Article or similar local legislation authorizing such agreements and the territory to be annexed is within the same county as the annexing city is located, or (ii) the closer city is located entirely within another county than the area being annexed, then the proximity to that other city shall not be considered in applying this subdivision.
(3)	The area must be so situated that the annexing city will be able to provide the same services within the proposed satellite corporate limits that it provides within its primary corporate limits.
(4)	If the area proposed for annexation, or any portion thereof, is a subdivision as defined in G.S. 160A-376, all of the subdivision which is located within the same county as the annexing municipality must be included.
(5)	The area within the proposed satellite corporate limits, when added to the area within all other satellite corporate limits, may not exceed ten percent (10%) of the area within the primary corporate limits of the annexing city."
Section 2.  This act applies to the Town of Cornelius only.
Section 3. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 27th day of May, 1999.

s/	Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

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