NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1971 SESSION
CHAPTER 672
HOUSE BILL 921
AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 115-77 TO ALLOW A MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND TAXPAYERS WHO RESIDE IN AN AREA CONTIGUOUS TO A CITY ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT TO PETITION FOR CONSOLIDATION WITH THE CITY ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT.
The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. G.S. 115-77 is amended by rewriting the second full sentence so that the same shall hereafter read as follows:
"Provided the petition must be signed by a majority of the persons who are the owners thereof and a majority of the taxpayers of the families living on such real property on the date the petition is filed with the county board of education."
Sec. 2. This act shall become effective upon its ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 25th day of June, 1971.