AN ACT TO REMOVE the cap on satellite annexations for the town of west jefferson and the city of Saluda AND TO ANNEX CERTAIN DESCRIBED PROPERTY INTO THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF YANCEYVILLE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 160A‑58.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 160A‑58.1.  Petition for annexation; standards.
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(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 Belmont, Claremont, Concord, Conover, Durham, Elizabeth City, Gastonia, Greenville, Hickory, Kannapolis, Locust, Marion, Mount Airy, Mount Holly, New Bern, Newton, Oxford, Randleman, Roanoke Rapids, Rockingham, Saluda, Sanford, Salisbury, Southport, Statesville, and Washington and the Towns of Ahoskie, Angier, Apex, Ayden, Benson, Bladenboro, Bridgeton, Burgaw, Calabash, Carthage, Catawba, Clayton, Columbia, Columbus, Cramerton, Creswell, Dallas, Dobson, Four Oaks, Franklin, Fuquay‑Varina, Garner, Godwin, Granite Quarry, Green Level, Grimesland, Harrisburg, Holly Ridge, Holly Springs, Hookerton, Hope Mills, Huntersville, Jamestown, Kenansville, Kenly, Knightdale, Landis, Leland, Lillington, Louisburg, Maggie Valley, Maiden, Mayodan, Maysville, Middlesex, Midland, Mocksville, Morrisville, Mount Pleasant, Nashville, Oak Island, Ocean Isle Beach, Pembroke, Pine Level, Pollocksville, Princeton, Ranlo, Richlands, Rolesville, Rutherfordton, Shallotte, Siler City, Smithfield, Spencer, Spring Lake, Stem, Stovall, Surf City, Swansboro, Taylorsville, Troutman, Troy, Wallace, Warsaw, Watha, Waynesville, Weldon, Wendell, West Jefferson, Wilson's Mills, Windsor, Yadkinville, and Zebulon.
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SECTION 2.(a)  The following described property is added to the corporate limits of the Town of Yanceyville:
BEGINNING at a point in the centerline of N.C. Highway 62, a corner with Wells J. Barker; thence N 58° 39' 44" W 419.90 feet to an iron stake in the line of Wells J. Barker and a corner with David L. Barker; thence N 29° 12' 47" W 573.64 feet to an iron stake, corner with David L. Barker; thence N 64° 09' 40" W 69.64 feet to a point in a branch; thence S 64° 50' 49" W 57.51 feet to a point in a branch; thence S 26° 05' 50" W 50.00 feet to a point in a branch; thence S 47° 08' 57" W 184.60 feet to a point in a branch, corner with David L. Barker, in the line of Wells J. Barker; thence N 58° 39' 44" W 1000.67 feet to an iron stake corner with Wells J. Barker; thence N 03° 08' 12" W 50.00 feet to an iron stake in the center of an abandoned railroad track; thence S 86° 57' 28" W 705.17 feet to an iron stake in the center of the abandoned railroad track; thence N 07° 58' 45" W 83.05 feet to a point on the edge of the Dan River; thence with the edge of the Dan River the following nine courses and distances, S 82° 31' 25" E 225.30 feet, N 83° 37' 39" E 239.13 feet, N 78° 58' 03" E 400.54 feet, N 64° 13' 28" E 432.60 feet, N 53° 07' 53" E 297.30 feet, N 50° 42' 40" E 247.78 feet, N 30° 00' 23" E 269.07 feet, N 33° 01' 42" E 114.19 feet, N 17° 29' 23" E 95.32 feet to a point on the edge of the Dan River in the center of a drainageway; thence S 81° 26' 16" E 88.33 feet to a point in the center of a drainageway; thence N 75° 44' 23" E 40.46 feet to a point in the center of a drainageway; thence S 62° 02' 31" E 65.00 feet to a point in the center of a drainageway; thence S 80° 57' 30" E 57.79 feet to a point in the center of the drainageway; thence S 23° 39' 48" E 30.89 feet to an iron stake in the center of an abandoned railroad track; thence S 55° 45' 26" W 107.42 feet to an iron stake in the center of an abandoned railroad track; thence S 52° 21' 41" W 338.13 feet to an iron stake in the center of an abandoned railroad track; thence S 38° 33' 21" W 377.53 feet to an iron stake in the center of an abandoned railroad track; thence S 55° 39' 41" E 531.52 feet to a corner with David L. Barker in the center of a branch; thence S 34° 53' 30" W 38.63 feet to a point in the center of a branch; thence S 13° 20' 27" E 62.74 feet to a point in the center of a branch; thence S 39° 08' 15" W 128.92 feet to a point in the center of a branch; thence S 01° 02' 47" W 57.10 feet to a point in the center of a branch; thence S 19° 32' 06" E 51.77 feet to a point in the center of a branch; thence S 12° 20' 40" W 38.09 feet to a point in the center of a branch; thence S 20° 33' 09" W 40.00 feet to a point in the center of a branch; thence S 25° 16' 07" W 40.00 feet to a point in the center of the branch; thence S 01° 53' 45" E 82.32 feet to an iron stake, corner with David L. Barker; thence S 29° 12' 47" E 573.37 feet to an iron stake, corner with David L. Barker; thence S 58° 39' 44" E 400.00 feet to a point in the center of N.C. Highway 62, a corner with David L. Barker; thence S 27° 23' 43" W 60.14 feet to the point and place of BEGINNING and containing 21.718 acres more or less and 0.034 square miles more or less.
SECTION 2.(b)  This section becomes effective June 30, 2020. Property in the territory described in this act as of January 1, 2020, is subject to municipal taxes for taxes imposed for taxable years beginning on or after July 1, 2020.
SECTION 3.  Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 24th day of July, 2019.

	s/	 Philip E. Berger
	 President Pro Tempore of the Senate

	s/	 Tim Moore
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives