Conference report recommends the following changes to 4th edition to reconcile matters in controversy.
Amends proposed GS 160A-329 to require a city to provide municipal services to any property upon request of the property owner, if the owner submitted a petition for voluntary annexation and the city’s governing board did not vote on that petition within 18 months of submission, even if the owner later withdrew the petition (previously prohibited a city from denying water and sewer services to an owner in an urban growth area). Sets out requirements for owners receiving municipal services, and lists services that the city is not required to provide. Specifies that the proposed statute applies to any petition for voluntary annexation filed on or before the date the act becomes law, and expires on December 31, 2012.