AN ACT TO REMOVE CERTAIN DESCRIBED PROPERTY FROM THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE VILLAGE OF WALNUT CREEK and to limit certain powers of the village of walnut creek.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

PART I. REMOVE CERTAIN DESCRIBED PROPERTY FROM THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE VILLAGE OF WALNUT CREEK

SECTION 1.1.  The following described property, as identified by Wayne County Tax Parcel Identification Number, is removed from the corporate limits of the Village of Walnut Creek:

PARCEL A:

The portion of Parcel No. 3536159662 lying north of Dollard Town Road (State Road No. 1727), being approximately 1 acre and more particularly described in the deed to Diamond Poultry Farms, Inc. (now Sleepy Creek Farms, Inc.), dated November 7, 1961, and recorded in Deed Book 559, Page 134, of the Wayne County Registry.

PARCEL B:

Parcel No. 3536267029, including the right‑of‑way of Dollard Town Road (State Road No. 1727), being approximately 19 acres and more particularly described in the deed to Sleepy Creek Farms, Inc., dated August 26, 1996, and recorded in Deed Book 1552, Page 890, of the Wayne County Registry.

PARCEL C:

Parcel No. 3536370039, being approximately 23 acres and more particularly described in the deed to Goldsboro Milling Company, dated September 9, 1980, and recorded in Book 993, Page 280, of the Wayne County Registry.

SECTION 1.2.  This Part has no effect upon the validity of any liens of the Village of Walnut Creek for ad valorem taxes or special assessments outstanding before the effective date of this Part. Such liens may be collected or foreclosed upon after the effective date of this Part as though the property were still within the corporate limits of the Village of Walnut Creek.

SECTION 1.3.  This Part becomes effective June 30, 2026. Property in the territory described in Section 1.1 of this Part as of January 1, 2026, is no longer subject to municipal taxes imposed for taxable years beginning on or after July 1, 2026.

PART II. LIMIT CERTAIN POWERS OF THE VILLAGE OF WALNUT CREEK

SECTION 2.1.  Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 160D‑202, or any other provision of law, the Village of Walnut Creek shall not exercise any powers granted to cities in Chapter 160D of the General Statutes in any area beyond its contiguous corporate limits.

SECTION 2.2.  The relinquishment of jurisdiction by the Village of Walnut Creek over the area beyond its contiguous corporate limits shall become effective on the date this act becomes law; provided, however, the Village's development regulations and powers of enforcement shall remain in effect in that area until the time provided in G.S. 160D‑202(h).

SECTION 2.3.  Notwithstanding Section 2.2 of this act or any other provision of law to the contrary, any acquisition, conveyance, transfer, or acceptance of real property or interest in real or personal property by the Village of Walnut Creek occurring prior to the effective date of this Part is hereby ratified, validated, confirmed, and approved in all respects as if the Village of Walnut Creek had possessed full legal authority to undertake such action at the time it occurred.

PART III. EFFECTIVE DATE

SECTION 3.  Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes law.