GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 744

HOUSE BILL 612

 

AN ACT TO AMEND THE DURHAM CITY CHARTER TO PERMIT THE ANNEXATION OF AREAS LYING WITHIN THE CORPORATE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  A new Section 2.1 is hereby added to the Durham City Charter to provide as follows:

"Sec. 2.1. Annexation of areas lying within the corporate boundaries of the City. In addition to areas prescribed by G.S. 160A-48, the City Council may annex any area, or part thereof, that is surrounded by the corporate boundaries of the City. The procedure prescribed by Part 3 of Article 4A of Chapter 160A of the North Carolina General Statutes shall be applicable to any such annexation. The property tax liability of any such annexed area shall be determined in the manner prescribed by Part 5 of Article 4A of Chapter 160A of the North Carolina General Statutes."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 15th day of July, 1985.