A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning satellite annexations by municipalities in union county.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 160A‑58(1) reads as rewritten:
"(1)	"City" means any city, town, or village without regard to population. "
SECTION 2.  G.S. 160A‑58.1(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	A noncontiguous area proposed for annexation must meet all of the following standards:
(1)	The nearest point on the proposed satellite corporate limits must be not more than two miles from the primary corporate limits of the annexing  city or must be contiguous to the satellite corporate limits of the annexing city.
(2)	No point on the proposed satellite corporate limits may be closer to the primary corporate limits of another city than to the primary corporate limits of the annexing city, except as set forth in subsection (b2) of this section and except that this subdivision does not apply if the area proposed for annexation is contiguous to the satellite corporate limits.
(3)	The area must be so situated that the annexing city will be able to provide the same services within the proposed satellite corporate limits that it provides within its primary corporate limits.
	
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SECTION 3.  Sections 1 and 2 of S.L. 2002‑140 are repealed.
SECTION 4.  This act applies in Union County only.
SECTION 5.  This act is effective when it becomes law.