NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 800

HOUSE BILL 1520

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 69-25.5 CONCERNING EXPENDITURES OF FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT TAXES IN BLADEN COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. G.S. 69-25.5 is hereby amended by designating the existing section as subsection (a), and adding a new subsection (b) to read as follows:

"(b)      In addition to purposes for which the tax may be used pursuant to subsection (a), the proceeds of such tax may be used to reimburse the general fund of the county for all expenses incurred by the county in support of the establishment of a fire district or districts including, but not limited to, preliminary research and study leading to the preparation of the boundaries of the proposed tax district or districts, the cost of any and all reports, surveys and other data necessary and preliminary to circulating petitions to call for an election in the proposed district or districts, identification and certification of properties and their valuations located within the boundaries of the proposed district or districts, the costs of the election, all legal costs incurred by the county through the use of the services of the county attorney, and for all other necessary and reasonable expenses associated with and actually incurred by the county in establishing or supporting the establishment of such fire district or districts."

Sec. 2. This act shall apply only to Bladen County.

Sec. 3. This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 29th day of June, 1977.