North Carolina § 160A-58 - 9A. Effective date of certain annexation ordinances adopted under Article 4A of Chapter 160A.

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§ 160A-58. 9A. Effective date of certain annexation ordinances adopted under Article 4A of Chapter 160A.

No annexation ordinance adopted under Article 4A of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes may become effective during the period beginning November 1, 1989, and ending January 1, 1990. If because of the operation of G.S. 160A-37.1(h), G.S. 160A-37.3(g), G.S. 160A-38, G.S. 160A-58.57(h), G.S. 160A-58.59(g), G.S. 160A-50, the order of any court, or the operation of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, an annexation ordinance is to become effective during the period beginning November 1, 1989, and ending January 1, 1990, it shall instead become effective on a date during the period beginning January 2, 1990, and ending December 31, 1990, set by ordinance of the governing board of the city. If the final date upon which an annexation ordinance adopted under Article 4A of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes, may be made effective occurs during the period beginning November 1, 1989, and ending January 1, 1990, the effective date of the annexation may be set in the annexation ordinance as any date during the period beginning January 2, 1990, and ending December 31, 1990, in addition to any date permitted by law before November 1, 1989. This section applies to territory located in counties with a population of 55,000 or over, according to the 1980 decennial federal census, and to territory located in all other counties subject to Part 2 of Article 12A of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes, pursuant to G.S. 163-132.6. History (1987, c. 715, s. 3; 1989, c. 440, s. 6; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, ss. 3.1(a), (b), 6.1.) Re-recodification; Technical and Conforming Changes. - Session Laws 2017-6, s. 3, provides, in part: "The Revisor of Statutes shall recodify Chapter 138A of the General Statutes, Chapter 120C of the General Statutes, as well as Chapter 163 of the General Statutes, as amended by this act, into a new Chapter 163A of the General Statutes to be entitled `Elections and Ethics Enforcement Act,' as enacted by Section 4 of this act. The Revisor may also recodify into the new Chapter 163A of the General Statutes other existing statutory laws relating to elections and ethics enforcement that are located elsewhere in the General Statutes as the Revisor deems appropriate." The Revisor was further authorized to make additional technical and conforming changes to catchlines, internal citations, and other references throughout the General Statutes to effectuate this recodification, in consultation with the State Ethics Commission, the State Board of Elections, the Secretary of State, and the new Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement. Pursuant to this authority, the Revisor of Statutes substituted "Part 2 of Article 20 of Chapter 163 A" for "Article 12A of Chapter 163" in subsection (c). Session Laws 2018-146, ss. 3.1(a), (b) and 6.1 repealed Session Laws 2017-6, s. 3, and authorized the Revisor of Statutes to re-recodify Chapter 163A into Chapters 163, 138A, and 120C and to revert the changes made by the Revisor pursuant to Session Laws 2017-6, s. 3. Pursuant to this authority, the Revisor of Statutes reverted the changes to references in subsection (c). Editor's Note. - Former G.S. 163-132.6 , referred to in subsection (c), was repealed by Session Laws 1991 (Regular Session, 1992), c. 927, s. 1. References to "G.S. 160A-58.57(h), G.S. 160A-58.59(g)," were substituted for "G.S. 160A-49.1(h), G.S. 160A-49.3(g)," at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes to conform to recodification of those sections by Session Laws 2011-396, ss. 2 and 4. G.S. 160A-37.1 and 160A-37.3, referred to in subsection (a), were repealed by Session Laws 2011-396, s. 1, effective July 1, 2011. Former G.S. 160A-33 through 160A-42 pertained to annexation by cities having a population of less than 5,000 persons. For current provisions, see G.S. 160A-58.50 et seq. PART 5. PROPERTY TAX LIABILITY OF NEWLY ANNEXED TERRITORY.

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