GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2007
SESSION LAW 2008-109
SENATE BILL 2157
AN ACT relating to the payment of assessments in full or by installments in cumberland county.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 153A-199 reads as rewritten:
"§ 153A-199. Payment of assessments in full or by installments.
Within 30 days after the day that notice of confirmation of
the assessment roll is published, each owner of assessed property shall pay his
assessment in full, unless the board of commissioners has provided that
assessments may be paid in annual installments. If payment by installments is
permitted, any portion of an assessment not paid within the 30-day period shall
be paid in annual installments. The board shall in the assessment resolution
determine whether payment may be made by annual installments and set the number
of installments, which may not be more than 10.15. With respect
to payment by installment, the board may provide
(1) That the first installment with interest is due on the date when property taxes are due, and one installment with interest is due on the same date in each successive year until the assessment is paid in full, or
(2) That the first installment with interest is due 60 days after the date that the assessment roll is confirmed, and one installment with interest is due on that same day in each successive year until the assessment is paid in full."
SECTION 2. This act applies to Cumberland County only.
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 17th day of July, 2008.
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
President of the Senate
s/ Joe Hackney
Speaker of the House of Representatives