AN ACT to allow the town of oak ridge to make voluntary annexations within a certain described area and to allow the town of red cross to amend its budget ordinances for the 2002‑2003 fiscal year to show conformance with G.S. 136‑41.2.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 1.2 of the Charter of the Town of Oak Ridge, being S.L. 1998‑113, reads as rewritten:
"Section 1.2. (a)	Except as provided by subsection (c) of this section, Article 4A of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes does not apply to the Town of Oak Ridge until July 1, 2018.
(b)	G.S. 160A‑58.1(b)(2) does not apply to (i) the City of Greensboro as it relates to the Town of Oak Ridge or (ii) the Town of Kernersville as it relates to the Town of Oak Ridge.
(c)	Parts 1 and 4 of Article 4A of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes apply to the Town of Oak Ridge as to the following described territory in Guilford County:
Beginning at a point located at the intersection of Haw River Road and the Forsyth/Guilford County line; thence following the Forsyth/Guilford County line north to the point at which the Forsyth/Guilford County line intersects with the corporate limits of the Town of Stokesdale; thence continuing in an easterly and southeasterly direction following the Town of Stokesdale corporate limits to Haw River Road at which point the Town of Oak Ridge corporate limits begin; thence continuing southwesterly along the southern right‑of‑way of Haw River Road to the point and place of beginning."
SECTION 2.  The Town of Red Cross shall be considered to have complied with the provisions of G.S. 136‑41.2 for the fiscal year 2002‑2003 and is excused from nonconformity with respect to implementation of the four specified services.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 1st day of August, 2005.

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		 Charlie S. Dannelly
		 Deputy President Pro Tempore of the Senate

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		 James B. Black
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives