AN ACT to require the approval of the board of commissioners of davidson county before a city not primarily located within davidson county may annex any territory within davidson county.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  No city not primarily located within the territory of Davidson County may adopt an annexation ordinance under any of the provisions of Article 4A of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes that applies to any territory located within Davidson County unless the Board of Commissioners of Davidson County has, prior to the adoption of the annexation ordinance, approved a resolution consenting to that annexation.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies with respect to any annexation ordinance adopted after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 21st day of June, 2012.

	s/	 Walter H. Dalton
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Thom Tillis
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives