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H1027 • 2025

Dunn and Erwin Satellite Annexation Change.

Dunn and Erwin Satellite Annexation Change.

Enacted

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Sponsor
Penny, Pike
Last action
2026-05-06
Official status
Re-ref Com On Finance
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Dunn and Erwin Satellite Annexation Change.

H1027-SMCO-94(CSCOxf-24)-v-3 (2026-05-06): Dunn and Erwin Satellite Annexation Change.

What This Bill Does

  • H1027-SMCO-94(CSCOxf-24)-v-3 (2026-05-06): Dunn and Erwin Satellite Annexation Change.

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 1027: Dunn and Erwin Satellite Annexation Change.

  • 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 1027: Dunn and Erwin Satellite Annexation Change.
  • Committee: House State and Local Government.
  • If favorable, re-refer to Finance.
  • If favorable, re- refer to Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Date: May 6, 2026 Introduced by: Rep.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-06 House

    Re-ref Com On Finance

  2. 2026-05-06 House

    Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  3. 2026-04-22 House

    Ref to the Com on State and Local Government, if favorable, Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  4. 2026-04-22 House

    Passed 1st Reading

  5. 2026-04-21 House

    Filed

Official Summary Text

H1027-SMCO-94(CSCOxf-24)-v-3
(2026-05-06): Dunn and Erwin Satellite Annexation Change.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 2
HOUSE BILL 1027
Committee Substitute Favorable 5/6/26

Short Title: Dunn and Erwin Satellite Annexation Change. (Local)
Sponsors:
Referred to:
April 22, 2026
*H1027-v-2*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT REMOVING THE CAP ON SATELLITE ANN EXATIONS FOR THE CIT Y OF 2
DUNN AND TOWN OF ERWIN. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1. G.S. 160A-58.1, as amended by Section 1 of S.L. 2025 -14, reads as 5
rewritten: 6
"§ 160A-58.1. Petition for annexation; standards. 7
… 8
(b) A noncontiguous area proposed for annexation must meet all of the following 9
standards: 10
… 11
(5) The area within the proposed satellite corporate limits, when added to the area 12
within all other satellite corpora te limits, may not exceed ten percent (10%) 13
of the area within the primary corporate limits of the annexing city. 14
This subdivision does not apply to the Cities of Archdale, Asheboro, 15
Belmont, Claremont, Concord, Conover, Dunn, Durham, Elizabeth City, 16
Gastonia, Greenville, Hickory, Kannapolis, Kings Mountain, Locust, Lowell, 17
Marion, Mount Airy, Mount Holly, New Bern, Newton, Oxford, Randleman, 18
Roanoke Rapids, Rockingham, Saluda, Sanford, Salisbury, Shelby, Southport, 19
Statesville, and Washington and the Towns of Ahoskie, Angier, Apex, Ayden, 20
Belville, Benson, Bladenboro, Bridgeton, Bunn, Burgaw, Calabash, Carthage, 21
Catawba, China Grove, Clayton, Columbia, Columbus, Cramerton, Creswell, 22
Dallas, Dobson, Erwin, Four Oaks, Franklin, Franklinton, Franklinville, 23
Fuquay-Varina, Garner, Godwin, Goldston, Granite Quarry, Green Level, 24
Grimesland, Harrisburg, Holly Ridge, Holly Springs, Hookerton, Hope Mills, 25
Huntersville, Jamestown, Kenansville, Kenly, Knightdale, Landis, Laurel 26
Park, Liberty, Lillington, Louisburg, Madi son, Maggie Valley, Maiden, 27
Mayodan, Maysville, Middlesex, Midland, Mocksville, Morrisville, Mount 28
Pleasant, Nashville, North Wilkesboro, Norwood, Oak Island, Oakboro, 29
Ocean Isle Beach, Pembroke, Pine Level, Pollocksville, Princeton, Ramseur, 30
Ranlo, Richlands, Rockwell, Rolesville, Rutherfordton, Shallotte, Siler City, 31
Smithfield, Spencer, Spring Lake, Stanley, Stem, Stovall, Surf City, 32
Swansboro, Taylorsville, Troutman, Troy, Vass, Wallace, Warsaw, Watha, 33
Waynesville, Weldon, Wendell, West Jefferson, Wilso n's Mills, Windsor, 34
Wingate, Yadkinville, Youngsville, and Zebulon. 35
…." 36
General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
Page 2 House Bill 1027-Second Edition
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law. 1