GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2025

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HOUSE BILL 1067

Committee Substitute Favorable 5/5/26

Third Edition Engrossed 5/7/26

Senate State and Local Government Committee Substitute Adopted 7/27/26

Short Title:      Rocky Mount ETJ.	(Local)
Sponsors:
Referred to:

April 29, 2026

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

an act to prohibit the city of rocky mount from exercising extraterritorial jurisdiction over certain described properties.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding G.S. 160D‑202 or any other provision of law, the City of Rocky Mount shall not exercise any powers of extraterritorial jurisdiction as provided in Article 2 of Chapter 160D of the General Statutes or its predecessor, Article 19 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes, over the territory identified by the following Nash County Parcel Identification Numbers: 385214338129U, 385214430568U, and 385214324427U.

SECTION 2.  The relinquishment of jurisdiction by the City of Rocky Mount over the area identified in Section 1 of this act shall become effective on the date this act becomes law. Notwithstanding G.S. 160D‑202(h), the property described in Section 1 of this act is subject to the planning and development regulation jurisdiction, including the zoning authority, of Nash County.

SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.