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NC Gen Stat § 160A-17.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 3 - Contracts.|§ 160A-17.2 - Security interests in United States Department of Agriculture loans.

 160A-17.2. Security interests in United States Department of Agriculture loans.(a) A county or municipality may pledge a security interest in an escrow account funded with loan proceeds, or a certificate of deposit, to secure repayment of the loan, only if the loan is an interest-free loan agreement entered into with the United States Department of Agriculture or an authorized intermediary acting on behalf of the United States Department of Agriculture. Any such escrow account must be substantiated by a written escrow agreement, and the funds must be deposited in accordance with G.S. 159-30 and G.S. 159-31. Any certificate of deposit shall comply with the requirements of G.S. 159-30.(b) An interest-free loan agreement entered into under this section is subject to approval by the Local Government Commission under Article 8 of Chapter 159 of the General Statutes, unless exempted in G.S. 159-148(b).(c) No deficiency judgment may be rendered against any county or municipality in any action for breach of a contractual obligation authorized by this section. The taxing power of a county or municipality is not and may not be pledged directly or indirectly to secure any moneys due under a contract authorized by this section.  (2015-207, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-18 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 3 - Contracts.|§ 160A-18 - Certain deeds validated.

 160A-18. Certain deeds validated.(a) All deeds made, executed, and delivered by any city before July 1, 1970, for a good and valuable consideration are hereby in all respects validated, ratified, and confirmed notwithstanding any lack of authority to make the deed or any irregularities in the procedures by which conveyance of the land or premises described therein was authorized by the city council.(b) All conveyances and sales of any interest in real property by private sale, including conveyances in fee and releases of vested or contingent future interests, made by the governing body of any city, school district, or school administrative unit before July 1, 1970, are hereby validated, ratified, and confirmed notwithstanding the fact that such conveyances or releases were made by private sale and not after notice and public outcry.(b1) All conveyances of any interest in real property by private sale, including conveyance in fee, made by the governing body of any county before January 1, 1977, are hereby validated, ratified, and confirmed notwithstanding the fact that such conveyances were made by private sale, without advertisement, and not after notice and public outcry.(c) Nothing in this section shall affect any action or proceeding begun before January 1, 1977. (Ex. Sess. 1924, c. 95; 1951, c. 44; 1959, c. 487; 1971, c. 698, s. 1; 1977, c. 1103.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-19 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 3 - Contracts.|§ 160A-19 - Leases.

 160A-19. Leases.A city is authorized to lease as lessee, with or without option to purchase, any real or personal property for any authorized public purpose. A lease of personal property with an option to purchase is subject to Article 8 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes. (1973, c. 426, s. 9.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-20.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 3 - Contracts.|§ 160A-20.1 - Contracts with private entities; contractors must use E-Verify.

 160A-20.1. Contracts with private entities; contractors must use E-Verify.(a) Authority. - A city may contract with and appropriate money to any person, association, or corporation, in order to carry out any public purpose that the city is authorized by law to engage in. A city may not require a private contractor under this section to abide by any restriction that the city could not impose on all employers in the city, such as paying minimum wage or providing paid sick leave to its employees, as a condition of bidding on a contract.(b) Repealed by Session Laws 2015-294, s. 1(b), effective October 1, 2015, and applicable to contracts entered into on or after that date.  (1985, c. 271, s. 1; 2013-413, s. 5(d); 2013-418, s. 2(b); 2014-119, s. 13(a); 2015-294, s. 1(b); 2016-3, 2nd Ex. Sess., s. 2.3; 2017-4, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-21 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 4 - Corporate Limits.|§ 160A-21 - Existing boundaries.

 160A-21. Existing boundaries.The boundaries of each city shall be those specified in its charter with any alterations that are made from time to time in the manner provided by law or by local act of the General Assembly. (1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-22 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 4 - Corporate Limits.|§ 160A-22 - Map of corporate limits.

 160A-22. Map of corporate limits.The current city boundaries shall at all times be drawn on a map, or set out in a written description, or shown by a combination of these techniques. This delineation shall be retained permanently in the office of the city clerk. Alterations in these established boundaries shall be indicated by appropriate entries upon or additions to the map or description made by or under the direction of the officer charged with that duty by the city charter or by the council. Copies of the map or description reproduced by any method of reproduction that gives legible and permanent copies, when certified by the city clerk, shall be admissible in evidence in all courts and shall have the same force and effect as would the original map or description. The council may provide for revisions in any map or other description of the city boundaries. A revised map or description shall supersede for all purposes the earlier map or description that it is designated to replace. (1971, c. 698, s. 1; 1973, c. 426, s. 10.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-23 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 4 - Corporate Limits.|§ 160A-23 - District map; reapportionment.

 160A-23. District map; reapportionment.(a) If the city is divided into electoral districts for the purpose of electing the members of the council, the map or description required by G.S. 160A-22 shall also show the boundaries of the several districts.(b) The council shall have authority to revise electoral district boundaries from time to time. If district boundaries are set out in the city charter and the charter does not provide a method for revising them, the council may revise them only for the purpose of (i) accounting for territory annexed to or excluded from the city, and (ii) correcting population imbalances among the districts shown by a new federal census or caused by exclusions or annexations. When district boundaries have been established in conformity with the federal Constitution, the council shall not be required to revise them again until a new federal census of population is taken or territory is annexed to or excluded from the city, whichever event first occurs. In establishing district boundaries, the council may use data derived from the most recent federal census and shall not be required to use any other population estimates. (1969, c. 629; 1971, c. 698, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-29 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 4A - Extension of Corporate Limits.|§ 160A-29 - Map of annexed area, copy of ordinance and election results recorded in the office of register of deeds.

 160A-29. Map of annexed area, copy of ordinance and election results recorded in the office of register of deeds.Whenever the limits of any municipal corporation are enlarged, in accordance with the provisions of this Article, it shall be the duty of the mayor of the city or town to cause an accurate map of such annexed territory, together with a copy of the ordinance duly certified, and the official results of the election, if conducted, to be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county or counties in which such territory is situated and in the office of the Secretary of State. The documents required to be filed with the Secretary of State under this section shall be filed not later than 30 days following the effective date of the annexation ordinance. All documents shall have an identifying number affixed thereto and shall conform in size in accordance with rules prescribed by the Secretary. Failure to file within 30 days shall not affect the validity of the annexation. Any annexation shall be reported as part of the Boundary and Annexation Survey of the United States Bureau of the Census. (1947, c. 725, s. 6; 1973, c. 426, s. 74; 1987, c. 715, s. 6, c. 879, s. 3; 1989, c. 440, s. 7; 1991, c. 586, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-30 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 4A - Extension of Corporate Limits.|§ 160A-30 - Surveys of proposed new areas.

 160A-30. Surveys of proposed new areas.The governing bodies of the cities and towns after five days' written notice to the owner of record or persons in possession of the premises are hereby authorized to enter upon any lands to make surveys or examinations as may be necessary in carrying out the mapping requirements of proposed annexations under any provision of Article 4A of Chapter 160A; provided, the city or town authorizing such entry shall make reimbursement for any damage resulting from such activity. (1947, c. 725, s. 7; 1973, c. 426, s. 74; 1975, c. 312.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-31.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 4A - Extension of Corporate Limits.|§ 160A-31.1 - Assumption of debt.

 160A-31.1. Assumption of debt.(a) If the city has annexed under this Part any area which is served by a rural fire department and which is in:(1) An insurance district defined under G.S. 153A-233;(2) A rural fire protection district under Article 3A of Chapter 69 of the General Statutes; or(3) A fire service district under Article 16 of Chapter 153A of the General Statutes,then beginning with the effective date of annexation the city shall pay annually a proportionate share of any payments due on any debt (including principal and interest) relating to facilities or equipment of the rural fire department, if the debt was existing at the time of submission of the petition for annexation to the city under this Part. The rural fire department shall make available to the city not later than 30 days following a written request from the city, information concerning such debt. The rural fire department forfeits its rights under this section if it fails to make a good faith response within 45 days following receipt of the written request for information from the city, provided that the city's written request so states by specific reference to this section.  (b) The annual payments from the city to the rural fire department on such shared debt service shall be calculated as follows:(1) The rural fire department shall certify to the city each year the amount that will be expended for debt service subject to be shared by the city as provided by subsection (a) of this section; and(2) The amount determined under subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be multiplied by the percentage determined by dividing the assessed valuation of the area of the district annexed by the assessed valuation of the entire district, each such valuation to be fixed as of the date the annexation ordinance becomes effective.(c) This section does not apply in any year as to any annexed area(s) for which the payment calculated under this section as to all annexation ordinances adopted under this Part by a city during a particular calendar year does not exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00).(d) The city and rural fire department shall jointly present a payment schedule to the Local Government Commission for approval and no payment may be made until such schedule is approved. The Local Government Commission shall approve a payment schedule agreed upon between the city and the rural fire department in cases where the assessed valuation of the district may not readily be determined, if there is a reasonable basis for the agreement. (1989, c. 598, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-49.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 4A - Extension of Corporate Limits.|§ 160A-49.1 - Recodified to G.S. 160A-58.57 by Session Laws 2011-396, s. 2, effective July 1, 2011.

 160A-49.1: Recodified to G.S. 160A-58.57 by Session Laws 2011-396, s. 2, effective July 1, 2011.
NC Gen Stat § 160A-49.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 4A - Extension of Corporate Limits.|§ 160A-49.2 - Recodified to G.S. 160A-58.58 by Session Laws 2011-396, s. 3, effective July 1, 2011.

 160A-49.2: Recodified to G.S. 160A-58.58 by Session Laws 2011-396, s. 3, effective July 1, 2011.
NC Gen Stat § 160A-49.3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 4A - Extension of Corporate Limits.|§ 160A-49.3 - Recodified to G.S. 160A-58.59 by Session Laws 2011-396, s. 4, effective July 1, 2011.

 160A-49.3: Recodified to G.S. 160A-58.59 by Session Laws 2011-396, s. 4, effective July 1, 2011.
NC Gen Stat § 160A-51 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 4A - Extension of Corporate Limits.|§ 160A-51 - Recodified to G.S. 160A-58.61 by Session Laws 2011-396, s. 5, effective July 1, 2011.

 160A-51: Recodified to G.S. 160A-58.61 by Session Laws 2011-396, s. 5, effective July 1, 2011.
NC Gen Stat § 160A-52 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 4A - Extension of Corporate Limits.|§ 160A-52 - Recodified to G.S. 160A-58.62 by Session Laws 2011-396, s. 6, effective July 1, 2011.

 160A-52: Recodified to G.S. 160A-58.62 by Session Laws 2011-396, s. 6, effective July 1, 2011.
NC Gen Stat § 160A-58 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 4A - Extension of Corporate Limits.|§ 160A-58 - Definitions.

 160A-58. Definitions.The words and phrases defined in this section have the meanings indicated when used in this Part unless the context clearly requires another meaning:(1) "City" means any city, town, or village without regard to population, except cities not qualified to receive gasoline tax allocations under G.S. 136-41.2.(2) "Primary corporate limits" means the corporate limits of a city as defined in its charter, enlarged or diminished by subsequent annexations or exclusions of contiguous territory pursuant to Parts 1, 2, and 3 of this Article or local acts of the General Assembly.(3) "Satellite corporate limits" means the corporate limits of a noncontiguous area annexed pursuant to this Part or a local act authorizing or effecting noncontiguous annexations. (1973, c. 1173, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-58.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 4A - Extension of Corporate Limits.|§ 160A-58.2 - Public hearing.

 160A-58.2. Public hearing.Upon receipt of a petition for annexation under this Part, the city council shall cause the city clerk to investigate the petition, and to certify the results of his investigation. If the clerk certifies that upon investigation the petition appears to be valid, the council shall fix a date for a public hearing on the annexation. Notice of the hearing shall be published once at least 10 days before the date of hearing.At the hearing, any person residing in or owning property in the area proposed for annexation and any resident of the annexing city may appear and be heard on the questions of the sufficiency of the petition and the desirability of the annexation. If the council then finds and determines that (i) the area described in the petition meets all of the standards set out in G.S. 160A-58.1(b), (ii) the petition bears the signatures of all of the owners of real property within the area proposed for annexation (except those not required to sign by G.S. 160A-58.1(a)), (iii) the petition is otherwise valid, and (iv) the public health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the city and of the area proposed for annexation will be best served by the annexation, the council may adopt an ordinance annexing the area described in the petition. The ordinance may be made effective immediately or on any specified date within six months from the date of passage. (1973, c. 1173, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-58.2A (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 4A - Extension of Corporate Limits.|§ 160A-58.2A - Assumption of debt.

 160A-58.2A. Assumption of debt.(a) If the city has annexed under this Part any area which is served by a rural fire department and which is in:(1) An insurance district defined under G.S. 153A-233;(2) A rural fire protection district under Article 3A of Chapter 69 of the General Statutes; or(3) A fire service district under Article 16 of Chapter 153A of the General Statutes,then beginning with the effective date of annexation the city shall pay annually a proportionate share of any payments due on any debt (including principal and interest) relating to facilities or equipment of the rural fire department, if the debt was existing at the time of submission of the petition for annexation to the city under this Part. The rural fire department shall make available to the city not later than 30 days following a written request from the city, information concerning such debt. The rural fire department forfeits its rights under this section if it fails to make a good faith response within 45 days following receipt of the written request for information from the city, provided that the city's written request so states by specific reference to this section.  (b) The annual payments from the city to the rural fire department on such shared debt service shall be calculated as follows:(1) The rural fire department shall certify to the city each year the amount that will be expended for debt service subject to be shared by the city as provided by subsection (a) of this section; and(2) The amount determined under subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be multiplied by the percentage determined by dividing the assessed valuation of the area of the district annexed by the assessed valuation of the entire district, each such valuation to be fixed as of the date the annexation ordinance becomes effective.(c) This section does not apply in any year as to any annexed area(s) for which the payment calculated under this section as to all annexation ordinances adopted under this Part by a city during a particular calendar year does not exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00).(d) The city and rural fire department shall jointly present a payment schedule to the Local Government Commission for approval and no payment may be made until such schedule is approved. The Local Government Commission shall approve a payment schedule agreed upon between the city and the rural fire department in cases where the assessed valuation of the district may not readily be determined, if there is a reasonable basis for the agreement. (1989, c. 598, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-58.3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 4A - Extension of Corporate Limits.|§ 160A-58.3 - Annexed area subject to city taxes and debts.

 160A-58.3. Annexed area subject to city taxes and debts.From and after the effective date of the annexation ordinance, the annexed area and its citizens and property are subject to all debts, laws, ordinances and regulations of the annexing city, and are entitled to the same privileges and benefits as other parts of the city. Real and personal property in the newly annexed territory on the January 1 immediately preceding the beginning of the fiscal year in which the annexation becomes effective is subject to municipal taxes as provided in G.S. 160A-58.10. If the effective date of annexation falls between June 1 and June 30, and the privilege licenses of the annexing city are due on June 1, then businesses in the annexed area are liable for privilege license taxes at the full-year rate. (1973, c. 1173, s. 2; 1975, c. 576, s. 5; 1977, c. 517, s. 7.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-58.4 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 4A - Extension of Corporate Limits.|§ 160A-58.4 - Extraterritorial powers.

 160A-58.4. Extraterritorial powers.Satellite corporate limits shall not be considered a part of the city's corporate limits for the purposes of extraterritorial land-use regulation pursuant to G.S. 160A-360, or abatement of public health nuisances pursuant to G.S. 160A-193. However, a city's power to regulate land use pursuant to Chapter 160A, Article 19, or to abate public health nuisances pursuant to G.S. 160A-193, shall be the same within satellite corporate limits as within its primary corporate limits. (1973, c. 1173, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-58.5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 4A - Extension of Corporate Limits.|§ 160A-58.5 - Special rates for water, sewer and other enterprises.

 160A-58.5. Special rates for water, sewer and other enterprises.For the purposes of G.S. 160A-314, provision of public enterprise services within satellite corporate limits shall be considered provision of service for special classes of service distinct from the classes of service provided within the primary corporate limits of the city, and the city may fix and enforce schedules of rents, rates, fees, charges and penalties in excess of those fixed and enforced within the primary corporate limits. A city providing enterprise services within satellite corporate limits shall annually review the cost thereof, and shall take such steps as may be necessary to insure that the current operating costs of such services, excluding debt service on bonds issued to finance services within satellite corporate limits, does not exceed revenues realized therefrom. (1973, c. 1173, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-58.6 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 4A - Extension of Corporate Limits.|§ 160A-58.6 - Transition from satellite to primary corporate limits.

 160A-58.6. Transition from satellite to primary corporate limits.An area annexed pursuant to this Part ceases to constitute satellite corporate limits and becomes a part of the primary corporate limits of a city when, through annexation of intervening territory, the two boundaries touch. (1973, c. 1173, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 160A-58.7 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 160A - Cities and Towns|Article 4A - Extension of Corporate Limits.|§ 160A-58.7 - Annexation of municipal property.

 160A-58.7. Annexation of municipal property.(a) The city council may initiate annexation of property not contiguous to the primary corporate limits and owned by the city by adopting a resolution stating its intent to annex the property, in lieu of filing a petition. The property must satisfy the requirements of G.S. 160A-58.1. The resolution shall contain an adequate description of the property and fix a date for a public hearing on the question of annexation. Notice of the public hearing shall be published once at least 10 days before the date of the hearing. At the hearing, any resident of the city may appear and be heard on the question of the desirability of the annexation. If the council finds that annexation is in the public interest, it may adopt an ordinance annexing the property. The ordinance may be made effective immediately or on any specified date within six months from the date of passage.(b) A city has no authority to adopt a resolution or petition itself under this Part for annexation of property it does not own or have any legal interest in. For the purpose of this subsection, a city has no legal interest in a State-maintained street unless it owns the underlying fee and not just an easement.  (1987, c. 562, s. 2; 2011-57, s. 2.)