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LEGISLATIVE REQUEST: TO UPDATE ANNEXATION LAWS
IN
NORTH CAROLINA
WHEREAS, currently, under North Carolina law, municipalities may annex areas
deemed appropriate without any input from the residents of the areas
proposed for annexation; and,
WHEREAS, annexation often has a tremendous impact on the residents in newly
annexed areas; and,
WHEREAS, the practice of involuntary annexation violates and limits the basic
freedoms upon which this country was founded and is diametrically
opposed to the premise of participatory government for all citizens.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Orange County Board of Commissioners
respectfully requests that the local Legislative Delegates to the North
Carolina General Assembly work with the North Carolina Association of
County Commissioners and the North Carolina League of Municipalities
in crafting legislation to:
• Update North Carolina's annexation law to reflect the changing
nature of county and municipal responsibilities
• Ensure equitable arrangements between counties and cities as
well as fair treatment for citizens affected by urban growth
• Require enforcement of statutes regarding delivery of municipal
services to newly annexed area
• Direct the Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners to forward
this resolution to the local Legislative Delegation, to the North
Carolina Association of County Commissioners and to the other
99 counties in North Carolina.
Adopted this the 1 st day of September, 1998.
ATTEST:
Margaret V. Brown, Chairwoman
Beverly A. Bly rard
Clerk to the B
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1997
HOUSE BILL 1591
RATIFIED BILL
AN ACT REQUIRING THE CONSENT OF CARTERET, CHATHAM, JONES,
AND ORANGE COUNTIES BEFORE LAND IN THOSE COUNTIES MAY BE
CONDEMNED OR ACQUIRED BY A UNIT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
OUTSIDE THOSE COUNTIES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 153A -15(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c) This section applies to Alamance, Alleghany, Anson, Ashe, Bertie, Bladen,
Brunswick, Burke, Buncombe, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Camden, Carteret. Caswell,
Catawba, Chatham. Cherokee, Clay, Cleveland, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland,
Currituck, Davidson, Davie, Duplin; Durham, Edgecombe, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston,
Graham, Granville, Greene, Guilford, Halifax, Harnett, Haywood, Henderson, Hoke,
Iredell, Jackson, Johnston, Jones. Lee, Lincoln, Macon, Madison, Martin, McDowell,
Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Nash, New Hanover, Onslow, Orange. Pamlico,
Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Person, Pitt, Polk, Richmond, Robeson,
Rockingham, Rowan, Sampson, Scotland, Stanly, Stokes, Surry, Swain, Transylvania,
Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties only. This
section does not apply as to any:
�1� Condemnation; or
2 Acquisition of real property or an interest in real property by a city
where the property to be condemned or acquired is within the
corporate limits of that city."
Section 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 11th day of
August, 1998. 0
DENNiS A WICKER
Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate
HAROLD J.- BRUBAKER
Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House . of Representatives
James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor
Approved .m. this
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