RALEIGH ó Opponents of involuntary annexation scored another victory today when a commission voted 14-6 in favor of legislation to allow citizens within a targeted area to vote for or against annexation.
The vote came at the final meeting of the Joint Legislative Study Commission on Municipal Annexation.
The commission also voted in favor of enacting a moratorium on pending annexations until current annexation laws are revised. That vote was 12-8.
The measures now will be drafted as bills and have to go through committees of the General Assembly before they reach a final vote.
“It’s a start,” said Rep. Fred Steen, R-Rowan, a member of the commission, “a very, very good start.”
Tina Hall, a member of the Rowan County Board of Commissioners, also serves on the joint commission. She and Steen voted in favor of both proposals.
Post reporter Mark Wineka attended the meeting. Read his full account in Friday’s Salisbury Post.