A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT amending the charter of the city of durham to allow the city to delay the effective date of voluntary annexations.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Section 2.3(a) of the Charter of the City of Durham, being Chapter 671, Session Laws of 1975, as added by Chapter 342 of the 1993 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"(a)	The provisions of G.S. 160A‑31(d), 160A‑58.2, and 160A‑58.7 notwithstanding, the city council may make annexation ordinances adopted pursuant to Parts 1 or 4 of Article 4A of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes effective on any specified date within 10 years from the date of passage of the annexation ordinance."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.