North Carolina HB 26: Education Omnibus.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025

SESSION LAW 2025-14
HOUSE BILL 26

*H26-v-5*
AN ACT TO DEANNEX CERTAIN DESCRIBED TERRITORIES AND MAKE OTHER
CHANGES TO VARIOUS LOCAL LAWS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

PART I. TOWN OF MADISON SATELLITE ANNEXATION CAP REMOVAL
SECTION 1. G.S. 160A-58.1(b) reads as rewritten:
"(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 Archdale, Asheboro,
Belmont, Claremont, Concord, Conover, Durham, Elizabeth City, Gastonia,
Greenville, Hickory, Kannapolis, Kings Mountain, Locust, Lowell, Marion,
Mount Airy, Mount Holly, New Bern, Newton, Oxford, Randleman, Roanoke
Rapids, Rockingham, Saluda, Sanford, Salisbury, Shelby, Southport,
Statesville, and Washington and the Towns of Ahoskie, Angier, Apex, Ayden,
Belville, Benson, Bladenboro, Bridgeton, Bunn, Burgaw, Calabash, Carthage,
Catawba, China Grove, Clayton, Columbia, Columbus, Cramerton, Creswell,
Dallas, Dobson, Four Oaks, Franklin, Franklinton, Franklinville,
Fuquay-Varina, Garner, Godwin, Goldston, Granite Quarry, Green Level,
Grimesland, Harrisburg, Holly Ridge, Holly Springs, Hookerton, Hope Mills,
Huntersville, Jamestown, Kenansville, Kenly, Knightdale, Landis, Laurel
Park, Liberty, Lillington, Louisburg, Madison, Maggie Valley, Maiden,
Mayodan, Maysville, Middlesex, Midland, Mocksville, Morrisville, Mount
Pleasant, Nashville, North Wilkesboro, Norwood, Oak Island, Oakboro,
Ocean Isle Beach, Pembroke, Pine Level, Pollocksville, Princeton, Ramseur,
Ranlo, Richlands, Rockwell, Rolesville, Rutherfordton, Shallotte, Siler City,
Smithfield, Spencer, Spring Lake, Stanley, Stem, Stovall, Surf City,
Swansboro, Taylorsville, Troutman, Troy, Vass, Wallace, Warsaw, Watha,
Waynesville, Weldon, Wendell, West Jefferson, Wilson's Mills, Windsor,
Wingate, Yadkinville, Youngsville, and Zebulon."

PART II. TOWN OF ANDREWS DEANNEXATION
SECTION 2.(a) The following described property is removed from the corporate
limits of the Town of Andrews:
TRACT I:
Parcel No. 556617114476000, being approximately 41 acres and more particularly described
in that certain deed from Douglas Cole and Mildred Alice Cole, husband and wife, to Douglas

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Cole, Trustee of the Douglas Cole Family Trust, dated November 13, 1992, and recorded in Deed
Book 666, Page 75, of the Cherokee County Registry.
TRACT II:
Parcel No. 556617213361000, being approximately 10.75 acres and more particularly
described in that certain deed from Andrew S. Pyle and wife, Kelly K. Pyle, to Steelhouse
Mountain, LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company, dated September 9, 2018, and
recorded in Deed Book 1596, Page 266, of the Cherokee County Registry.
TRACT III:
Parcel No. 556618219676000, being approximately 2.99 acres and more particularly
described in that certain deed from Andrew S. Pyle and wife, Kelly K. Pyle, to Steelhouse
Mountain, LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company, dated September 9, 2018, and
recorded in Deed Book 1596, Page 260, of the Cherokee County Registry.
TRACT IV:
Parcel No. 556617202977000, being approximately 7.26 acres and more particularly
described in that certain deed from Andrew S. Pyle and wife, Kelly K. Pyle, to Steelhouse
Mountain, LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company, dated September 9, 2018, and
recorded in Deed Book 1596, Page 262, of the Cherokee County Registry.
SECTION 2.(b) This section has no effect upon the validity of any liens of the Town
of Andrews for ad valorem taxes or special assessments outstanding before the effective date of
this section. Such liens may be collected or foreclosed upon after the effective date of this section
as though the property were still within the corporate limits of the Town of Andrews.
SECTION 2.(c) This section becomes effective June 30, 2025. Property in the
territory described in this section as of January 1, 2025, is no longer subject to municipal taxes
for taxes imposed for taxable years beginning on or after July 1, 2025.

PART III. CITY OF ELIZABETH CITY DEANNEXATION
SECTION 3.(a) The following described property is removed from the corporate
limits of the City of Elizabeth City:
All that certain lot or parcel of land situated in Mount Hermon Township, Pasquotank County,
North Carolina, and more particularly described as follows: Being Lot No. 1, containing 6.89
acres, as shown and delineated on that map or plat entitled in part, "Minor Subdivision for Storage
to Go, LLC", dated 04/16/2021, prepared by Timmons Group, and recorded in Map Book 73,
Page 23, of the Pasquotank County Registry.
SECTION 3.(b) This section has no effect upon the validity of any liens of the City
of Elizabeth City for ad v