NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 164
HOUSE BILL 644

AN ACT AMENDING GENERAL STATUTES SECTION 160-452 BY DELETING THE REQUIREMENT THAT AN AREA PROPOSED FOR ANNEXATION BE CONTIGUOUS TO THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF SELMA.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. G.S. 160-452(a) is hereby rewritten to read as follows:
"(a)	The governing board of any municipality may annex by ordinance any area upon presentation to the governing board of a petition signed by the owners of all the real property located within such area. The petition shall be signed by each owner of real property in the area and shall contain the address of such owner."
Sec. 2. G.S. 160-452 is hereby amended by adding to the end of subsection (b) thereof the following word "or", and by adding a new subsection 3 to read:
"3.	The area to be annexed is not contiguous to the City of Selma and the boundaries of such territory are as follows:..."
Sec. 3. G.S. 160-452 is hereby further amended by rewriting the last sentence in subsection (f) to read as follows:
"If the area to be annexed is contiguous to the boundaries of the City, then, in describing the area to be annexed in the annexation ordinance, the municipal governing board may include within the description any territory described in this subsection which separates the municipal boundary from the area petitioning for annexation."
Sec. 4. This act shall apply only to the City of Selma.
Sec. 5. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict herewith are, to the extent of such conflict, repealed.
Sec. 6. This act shall be in full force and effect upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 10th day of April, 1973.