NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 425

HOUSE BILL 543

 

 

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF NORTHAMPTON COUNTY TO CALL A SPECIAL ELECTION ON THE QUESTION OF LEVY AND COLLECTION OF ADDITIONAL AND LIMITED AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX FOR THE SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE COUNTY MEMORIAL LIBRARY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. In addition to all other power and authority which the Board of County Commissioners of Northampton County may have with respect to the expenditure of tax or nontax revenues of the county for any purpose concerning the support and maintenance of the County Memorial Library, directly, or through any other authorized agency of State, local, or Federal government concerning the County Memorial Library located in Northampton County, and in their discretion, the Board of County Commissioners of Northampton County is hereby authorized and empowered to call, or cause to be called, an election to determine whether it be the will of the qualified voters of said county that an ad valorem property tax, in addition to all other such taxes, be levied and collected in the same manner as the general fund county taxes are levied and collected, in an annual amount not to exceed two cents (2¢) per one hundred dollar ($100.00) valuation of all property taxable by the county, which shall be known as the County Memorial Library Tax.

Sec. 2. The election authorized and provided for in Section 1 of this Act shall be conducted under and in compliance with the pertinent provisions of the general laws pertaining to the conduct of such elections, and the question to be submitted to the county electorate at such election shall be appropriately phrased so as to fairly state the issue which the electorate shall determine.

Sec. 3. If a majority of those voting at the election described and authorized in Sections 1 and 2 of this Act, shall vote in favor of the authorization of the County Memorial Library Tax, the Board of County Commissioners of Northampton County shall be empowered to levy and collect, or cause to be collected, in the current fiscal year, and in any subsequent fiscal year, such portion of the authorized tax as they may, in their discretion, deem appropriate, and to expend all or any portion of the proceeds of the said County Memorial Library Tax for the support and maintenance of the County Memorial Library located in Northampton County, and may pay over to the County Memorial Library, or to any local, State, or appropriate Federal agency of government, all or any portion of the funds available to the Board of Commissioners of Northampton County from the County Memorial Library Tax, or may expend all or any portion of the said proceeds directly, or in such amounts and in the discretion of the Board of Commissioners of Northampton County, for any purposes having to do with the expense of support, maintenance and operation of the County Memorial Library.

Sec. 4. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5. This Act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 5th day of May, 1965.