GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

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HOUSE BILL 698
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/29/97

Short Title:  Morehead-Newport Annexations.	(Local)

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March 31, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT LIMITING THE AUTHORITY OF THE TOWNS OF MOREHEAD CITY AND NEWPORT TO ANNEX NONCONTIGUOUS AREAS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The Towns of Morehead City and Newport may not annex noncontiguous areas as provided in Part 4 of Article 4A of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes if the area to be annexed is less than three miles from the other Town's corporate limits.  However, either Town may annex such an area if it lies within an area where the Town is exercising its extraterritorial planning jurisdiction under Article 19 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes.
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.