NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 294

SENATE BILL 88

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND AND CLARIFY THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 158 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES RELATING TO THE LEVYING OF TAXES FOR LOCAL DEVELOPMENT.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 158‑1 (1959 Cumulative Supplement) is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following:

"Notwithstanding any constitutional limitations or limits provided by any general or special law, taxes within the limits set out above may be levied by the governing body of a county or municipality for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Chapter, and the special permission of the Legislature is hereby given for the levying of such taxes, subject to the requirements of Sections 158‑2 and 158‑3. Provided, that any elections heretofore held by any county or municipality resulting in the adoption of this Chapter are hereby ratified and validated, and in such counties and municipalities special levies within the limits set in G.S. 158‑1 heretofore or hereafter made are hereby ratified and validated."

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  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 28th day of April, 1961.