AN ACT to annex divided parcels to the town of earl.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding Article 4A of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes, the remainder of any parcel partially lying in the Town of Earl as the corporate limits were established by Chapter 787 of the 1971 Session Laws is annexed into the corporate limits of the Town of Earl.
SECTION 2.  Prior to the annexation becoming effective, the Town of Earl shall do all of the following:
(1)	Adopt an ordinance particularly identifying the property added to the corporate limits by Section 1 of this act.
(2)	File a map indicating the annexed property with the Secretary of State, the Register of Deeds of Cleveland County, and the Board of Elections of Cleveland County.
(3)	Obtain any necessary preclearance under the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 22nd day of May, 2007.

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		 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

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		 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives