NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 898

HOUSE BILL 919

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 170 PUBLIC-LOCAL LAWS OF 1937, AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER 848 OF THE 1951 SESSION LAWS, SO AS TO CLARIFY THE SPECIAL TAX AUTHORIZED IN GUILFORD COUNTY FOR THE SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE POOR AND THE COUNTY WELFARE DEPARTMENT.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. Section 1 of Chapter 170 Public-Local Laws of 1937, as amended by Chapter 848 of the 1951 Session Laws, is hereby amended by adding the following at the end thereof:

"Provided that the tax limit specified herein is in addition to and shall not apply to limit in any way, the special tax levies authorized or required for old age assistance, aid to dependent children, aid to the permanently and totally disabled, aid to the blind, or any special purpose taxes to be levied and collected for participation by the county in any State program relating to welfare, when, by statute the legislature requires or authorizes the county to levy and collect such a special purpose tax."

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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of June, 1961.