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H147 • 2025

Elizabeth City and King/Deannexations.

Elizabeth City and King/Deannexations.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Ward, Humphrey
Last action
2025-04-10
Official status
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
Effective date
2025-06-30

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Elizabeth City and King/Deannexations.

H147-SMCO-4(CSCOxf-2)-v-4 (2025-03-04): Elizabeth City/Deannexation.

What This Bill Does

  • H147-SMCO-4(CSCOxf-2)-v-4 (2025-03-04): Elizabeth City/Deannexation.
  • H147-SMTM-12(CSTMxfr-3)-v-2 (2025-04-01): Elizabeth City and King/Deannexations.
  • H147-SMTM-15(e3)-v-6 (2025-04-02): Elizabeth City and King/Deannexations.

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Plain English: 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 147: Elizabeth City/Deannexation.

  • 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 147: Elizabeth City/Deannexation.
  • 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: March 4, 2025 Introduced by: Rep.

Plain English: 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 147: Elizabeth City and King/Deannexations.

  • 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 147: Elizabeth City and King/Deannexations.
  • Committee: House Finance.
  • If favorable, re-refer to Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Date: April 1, 2025 Introduced by: Rep.
  • Ward Prepared by: Greg Roney Staff Attorney Analysis of: PCS to Second Edition H147-CSTMxfr-3 Kara McCraw Director *H147-SMTM-12(CSTMxfr-3)-v-2* Legislative Analysis Division 919-733-2578 This bill analysis was prepared by the nonpartisan legislative staff for the use of legislators in their deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.

Plain English: 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 147: Elizabeth City and King/Deannexations.

  • 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 147: Elizabeth City and King/Deannexations.
  • Committee: House Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Date: April 1, 2025 Introduced by: Rep.
  • Ward Prepared by: Greg Roney Staff Attorney Analysis of: Third Edition Kara McCraw Director *H147-SMTM-15(e3)-v-6* Legislative Analysis Division 919-733-2578 This bill analysis was prepared by the nonpartisan legislative staff for the use of legislators in their deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.
  • OVERVIEW: House Bill 147 would: • Remove one tract of land from the corporate limits of the City of Elizabeth City.

Bill History

  1. 2025-04-10 Senate

    Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  2. 2025-04-10 Senate

    Passed 1st Reading

  3. 2025-04-10 Senate

    Regular Message Received From House

  4. 2025-04-10 House

    Regular Message Sent To Senate

  5. 2025-04-09 House

    Passed 3rd Reading

  6. 2025-04-08 House

    Passed 2nd Reading

  7. 2025-04-03 House

    Placed On Cal For 04/08/2025

  8. 2025-04-03 House

    Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)

  9. 2025-04-03 House

    Reptd Fav

  10. 2025-04-01 House

    Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  11. 2025-04-01 House

    Ruled Material

  12. 2025-04-01 House

    Reptd Fav Com Sub 2

  13. 2025-03-04 House

    Re-ref Com On Finance

  14. 2025-03-04 House

    Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  15. 2025-02-21 House

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

  16. 2025-02-21 House

    Passed 1st Reading

  17. 2025-02-17 House

    Filed

Official Summary Text

H147-SMCO-4(CSCOxf-2)-v-4
(2025-03-04): Elizabeth City/Deannexation.
H147-SMTM-12(CSTMxfr-3)-v-2
(2025-04-01): Elizabeth City and King/Deannexations.
H147-SMTM-15(e3)-v-6
(2025-04-02): Elizabeth City and King/Deannexations.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 3
HOUSE BILL 147
Committee Substitute Favorable 3/4/25
Committee Substitute #2 Favorable 4/1/25

Short Title: Elizabeth City and King/Deannexations. (Local)
Sponsors:
Referred to:
February 21, 2025
*H147-v-3*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO REMOVE CER TAIN DESCRIBED PROPE RTY FROM THE CORPORA TE 2
LIMITS OF THE CITIES OF ELIZABETH CITY AND KING. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1.(a) The following described property is removed from the corporate 5
limits of the City of Elizabeth City: 6
All that certain lot or parcel of land situated in Mount Hermon Township, Pasquotank County, 7
North Carolina, and more particularly described as follows: Being Lot No. 1, containing 6.89 8
acres, as shown and delineated on that map or plat entitled in part, "Minor Subdivision for Storage 9
to Go, LLC", dated 04/16/2021, prepared by Timmons Group, and recorded in Map Book 73, 10
Page 23, of the Pasquotank County Registry. 11
SECTION 1.(b) This section has no effect upon the validity of any liens of the City 12
of Elizabeth City for ad valorem taxes or special assessments outstanding before the effective 13
date of this section. Such liens may be collected or foreclosed upon after the effective date of this 14
section as though the property were still within the corporate limits of the City of Elizabeth City. 15
SECTION 1.(c) This section becomes effective June 30, 2025. Property in the 16
territory described in Section 1(a) of this act as of January 1, 2025, is no longer subject to 17
municipal taxes for taxes imposed for taxable years beginning on or after July 1, 2025. 18
SECTION 2.(a) The following described property is removed from the corporate 19
limits of the City of King: 20
TRACTS I AND II 21
Parcels identified by Stokes County Tax Property Identification Numbers 6901279265 and 22
6901371165. 23
TRACT III 24
All of the portion of Century Oak Drive Right of Way lying South of a new line crossing 25
from the most Southeasterly corner of Stokes County Ta x Property Identification Number 26
6901370748 to the most Southwesterly corner of Stokes County Tax Property Identification 27
Number 6901372761 as Century Oak Drive Right of Way appears in the Stokes County Tax 28
Property GIS System. 29
SECTION 2.(b) This section has no effect upon the validity of any liens of the City 30
of King for ad valorem taxes or special assessments outstanding before the effective date of this 31
section. Such liens may be collected or foreclosed upon after the effective date of this section as 32
though the property were still within the corporate limits of the City of King. 33
General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
Page 2 House Bill 147-Third Edition
SECTION 2.(c) This section becomes effective June 30, 2025. Property in the 1
territory described in Section 2(a) of this act as of January 1, 2025, is no longer subject to 2
municipal taxes for taxes imposed for taxable years beginning on or after July 1, 2025. 3
SECTION 3. Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes 4
law. 5