NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 249

HOUSE BILL 603

 

AN ACT TO LEVY A TAX UPON PROPERTY IN CERTAIN TOWNSHIPS OF HALIFAX COUNTY FOR THE OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND EQUIPPING OF "OUR COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, INC., A NONPROFIT, CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION."

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Chapter 225 Session Laws of 1963 is hereby amended by deleting from Section 1 thereof the words "within a period of four (4) years" in lines 6 and 7 from the end of the first paragraph of said Section 1, and by deleting the words and punctuation "within the said four-year period" in the last line of the first paragraph of Section 1 and changing the comma in that line to a period.

Sec. 2.  The Board of County Commissioners of Halifax County is hereby authorized to order, in its discretion, a special election in Scotland Neck, Palmyra, Roseneath and Conoconara Townships to determine whether a special tax shall be levied therein for the operation, maintenance and equipping of "our Community Hospital, Incorporated".  Such election shall be held, and such tax levied as prescribed in Chapter 225 Session Laws of 1963, as amended herein.  The tax levied, if authorized by the election, shall be in addition to the twenty cents (20c) levied as authorized by the Constitution for general purposes and in addition to all other taxes levied in said townships, and in addition to all other tax levies limited by the Constitution.

Subsequent elections may be called under this act, provided, however, that once a tax has been levied pursuant to this act, no subsequent election shall be held for the purpose of abolishing said tax except as herein set forth. No election to abolish the tax shall be held within four years of the election which authorized said tax. The election to abolish the tax shall be called by the Board of County Commissioners upon receipt of a petition signed by fifteen percent (15%) of the number of registered voters who are registered in Scotland Neck, Palmyra, Roseneath, and Conoconara Townships. Said election shall be conducted as provided in Chapter 225, Session Laws of 1963. If the majority of those voting, vote AGAINST the tax then the Board of County Commissioners shall not levy and collect said tax after the end of the fiscal year in which the election to abolish the tax was held.

Sec. 3.  Chapter 225 Session Laws of 1963 is hereby re-enacted, as amended herein, and for the purpose of holding the election and the levy of the tax authorized therein shall not be construed as having been amended by Chapter 432 Session Laws of 1963 which is hereinafter repealed.

Sec. 4.  Chapter 432 Session Laws of 1963, Chapter 110 Session Laws of 1967, and all other laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 28th day of April, 1971.