AN ACT removing certain described property from the corporate limits of the town of columbia.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  The property described in Section 1 of S.L. 2007‑140 is removed from the corporate limits of the Town of Columbia.
SECTION 2.  This act has no effect upon the validity of any liens of the Town of Columbia for ad valorem taxes or special assessments outstanding before the effective date of this act. Such liens may be collected or foreclosed upon after the effective date of this act as though the property was still within the corporate limits of the Town of Columbia.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 28th day of June, 2012.

	s/	 Walter H. Dalton
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Thom Tillis
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives