A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT removing certain restrictions on satellite annexations for the city of kannapolis.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 160A‑58.1(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	A noncontiguous area proposed for annexation must meet all of the following standards:
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(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.
(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.
(5)	The area within the proposed satellite corporate limits, when added to the area within all other satellite corporate limits, may not exceed ten percent (10%) of the area within the primary corporate limits of the annexing city.
This subdivision does not apply to the Cities of Claremont, Concord, Conover, Gastonia, Hickory, Kannapolis, Locust, Marion, Mount Airy, Mount Holly, New Bern, Newton, Oxford, Randleman, Rockingham, Sanford, Salisbury, Southport, Statesville, and Washington and the Towns of Angier, Bladenboro, Calabash, Catawba, Creswell, Dallas, Fuquay‑Varina, Garner, Godwin, Holly Ridge, Holly Springs, Kenly, Knightdale, Leland, Louisburg, Maiden, Mayodan, Midland, Mocksville, Morrisville, Pembroke, Pine Level, Ranlo, Rolesville, Rutherfordton, Swansboro, Troy, Wallace, Warsaw, Waynesville, Wendell, and Zebulon."
SECTION 2.  This act applies to the City of Kannapolis only.
SECTION 3.  This act applies only to annexations in the area of Cabarrus County bound by the existing City of Kannapolis corporate limits to the east, the Mecklenburg County/Cabarrus County line to the west, the Cabarrus County/Rowan County/Iredell County lines to the north, and N.C. Highway 73 to the south.
SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.