NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 996

SENATE BILL 632

 

 

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF POLK COUNTY TO EXERCISE THE AUTHORITY GRANTED BY ARTICLE 3 OF CHAPTER 139 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES, RELATING TO WATERSHED IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS, AND TO LEVY A TAX FOR SUCH PURPOSE WITHOUT APPROVAL OF THE VOTERS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. The Board of County Commissioners of Polk County is hereby authorized to exercise all the powers and authority granted counties under Article 3 of Chapter 139 of the General Statutes and to levy annually a special "watershed improvement tax" not to exceed seven cents (7¢), on each one hundred dollars ($100.00) of valuation of taxable property in said county without calling an election to obtain the approval of the voters as provided for under G. S. 139-39 and G. S. 139-40. The special tax authorized by this Act and the expenditure of the proceeds derived from such tax are hereby declared to be for a special purpose, for which the special approval of the General Assembly is hereby given, and to be a necessary expense for Polk County.

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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 19th day of June, 1963.