Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to 2nd edition. Amends GS 153A-340(b)(2) to specify what constitutes sufficient evidence that a property is being used for bona fide farm purposes.
Amends GS 160A-36, GS 160A-48, and GS 160A-58.54 (if House Bill 845 is enacted), respectively, to (1) define property as a single tract of property or an identifiable portion of a single tract and (2) specify that property that is being used for bona fide farm purposes on the date of the resolution of intent to consider annexation may not be annexed without the written consent of the owner or owners of the property. Effective for annexations of property used for bona fide farm purposes that were initiated by municipalities on or after the date that the act becomes law or that are pending on that date.
Amends GS 160A-360(k) to (1) define property as a single tract of property or an identifiable portion of a single tract and (2) specify that property located in the geographic areas of a municipality’s extraterritorial jurisdiction and that is used for bona fide farm purposes is exempt from exercise of the municipality’s extraterritorial jurisdiction unless and until that property ceases to be used for bona fide farm purposes.
Makes conforming changes to title.