A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT authorizing satellite annexation by the north brunswick sanitary district.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Upon receipt of a valid petition signed by all the owners of real property in the area described therein, the North Brunswick Sanitary District may annex an area not contiguous to its primary boundaries when the area meets the standards set out in Section 2 of this act.  The petition need not be signed by the owners of real property that is wholly exempt from property taxation under the Constitution and laws of North Carolina, nor by railroad companies, public utilities as defined in G.S. 62‑3(23), or electric or telephone membership corporations.
SECTION 2.  A noncontiguous area proposed for annexation must meet all of the following standards:
(1)	The nearest point on the proposed satellite area to be annexed must be not more than three miles from the primary boundaries of the North Brunswick Sanitary District.
(2)	No point on the proposed area to be annexed may be closer to the primary boundaries of another sanitary district than to the primary boundaries of the North Brunswick Sanitary District.
(3)	The area must be so situated that the North Brunswick Sanitary District will be able to provide sanitary sewer or potable water within the proposed satellite boundaries.
(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 must be included.
SECTION 3.  The procedure for the satellite annexation authorized by this act shall be as set forth in G.S. 130A‑69, except that it shall not be necessary to hold any election or any hearings provided for by that section on the question of the extension of boundaries by the North Brunswick Sanitary District.
SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.