GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1991

CHAPTER 884
SENATE BILL 1165

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE TOWNS OF CORNELIUS AND DAVIDSON IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY TO REGULATE IN CERTAIN EXTRATERRITORIAL AREAS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Notwithstanding Section 12 of Chapter 860 of the 1971 Session Laws, as amended by Chapter 966 of the 1983 Session Laws (Regular Session 1984), the Towns of Cornelius and Davidson may exercise the powers granted by Article 19 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes within extraterritorial areas in Mecklenburg County not to exceed one mile of their respective corporate limits, subject to the limitations set forth in this act.
Sec. 2.  Any exercise of the authority granted by this act shall be accomplished in accordance with G.S. 160A-360, except that no approval from Mecklenburg County is required prior to such exercise.
Sec. 3.  This act authorizes the exercise of extraterritorial jurisdiction only in those areas that may be annexed by each town, as set forth in and referred to as the "Sphere of Influence"in annexation agreements entered into by the Towns of Cornelius, Davidson, and Huntersville.  The area in which the extraterritorial jurisdiction authorized by this act is to be exercised shall be specifically identified in an ordinance as required by G.S. 160A-360, and may be changed from time to time in the same manner, in accordance with the above-referenced agreement, modifications thereto, or future agreements or changed circumstances delineating areas in which the town may annex.
Sec. 4.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 8th day of July, 1992.

James C. Gardner
President of the Senate

Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives