A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to allow certain areas to be voluntarily annexed into the city of kannapolis, to restrict involuntary annexations in those certain areas of cabarrus county, and to maintain residential development density of the county of cabarrus in those certain areas.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a)  G.S. 160A‑58.1(b)(1) reads as rewritten:
"(1)	The nearest point on the proposed satellite corporate limits must be not more than four miles from the primary corporate limits of the annexing city."
SECTION 1.(b)  The City of Kannapolis shall not involuntarily annex any property into the municipal limits of the City.
SECTION 1.(c)  This section applies only to the City of Kannapolis in the area east of Davidson Road and south of Highway 3 in Cabarrus County only.
SECTION 1.(d) This section is effective when it becomes law and expires June 30, 2014.
SECTION 2.(a)  No municipality may zone or rezone an area of land for residential development that would exceed the maximum density allowed for that area of land under the Cabarrus County Zoning Ordinance on May 1, 2007, regardless of whether that area has been annexed into the corporate municipal limits or not.
SECTION 2.(b)  This section applies only to the City of Kannapolis and the County of Cabarrus in the area east of Davidson Road and south of Highway 3 in Cabarrus County only.
SECTION 2.(c)  This section is effective when it becomes law and expires June 30, 2012.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.