A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT removing the cap on satellite annexations for the town of green level and limiting the area in which the town may make satellite annexations.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 160A‑58.1(b)(5) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	A noncontiguous area proposed for annexation must meet all of the following standards:
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(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, Elizabeth City, Gastonia, Greenville, 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, Ayden, Benson, Bladenboro, Burgaw, Calabash, Catawba, Clayton, Columbia, Creswell, Dallas, Dobson, Fuquay‑Varina, Garner, Godwin, Green Level, Grimesland, Holly Ridge, Holly Springs, Kenly, Knightdale, Landis, Leland, Louisburg, Maggie Valley, Maiden, Mayodan, Midland, Mocksville, Morrisville, Pembroke, Pine Level, Princeton, Ranlo, Rolesville, Rutherfordton, Shallotte, Smithfield, Spencer, Stem, Stovall, Surf City, Swansboro, Taylorsville, Troy, Wallace, Warsaw, Waynesville, Wendell, Windsor, Yadkinville, and Zebulon."
SECTION 2.  The Town of Green Level Shall not annex any areas under Part 4 of Article 4A of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes that are west of the Haw River township line or west of the Pleasant Grove township line.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.