NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

CHAPTER 1135

SENATE BILL 486

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF NEW HANOVER COUNTY, IN ITS DISCRETION, TO LEVY A TAX FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SHORE PROTECTIVE WORKS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. That the Board of County Commissioners of New Hanover County be, and it is hereby, authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to levy and cause to be collected annually, for the fiscal years 1959-1960 and 1960-1961, at the same time and in the same manner as the general county taxes are levied and collected, a special tax not to exceed five cents (5¢) on each one hundred dollars ($100.00) valuation of property in said county, the same, when collected, to be applied and used to provide two-thirds of the non-Federal share, provided by the Federal Government under the provisions of Public Law 520, 71st Congress, Second Session, as amended; Public Law 71, 84th Congress; and Public Law 826, 84th Congress, Second Session, for the construction of shore protective works in New Hanover County. The appropriation and taxes for the purpose hereinbefore provided are hereby declared to be for a necessary expense and for a special purpose within the meaning of the Constitution of North Carolina, and for which the special approval of the General Assembly is hereby given. It shall be valid and binding without a vote of the majority of the qualified voters in New Hanover County. The authority hereby given shall be void and ineffective in the event Senate Bill 318 entitled "A Bill to be Entitled an Act to Authorize the Expenditure of Not to Exceed $150,000.00 Out of the Contingency and Emergency Fund for the Construction of Shore Protective Works.", or a substantially similar bill authorizing the State of North Carolina to participate in the construction of shore protective works, shall fail to be enacted by the 1959 General Assembly of North Carolina.

Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. This Act shall be in full force and effect on and after July 1, 1959.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 18th day of June, 1959.