GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2007
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HOUSE BILL 1499
Committee Substitute Favorable 5/2/07
Committee Substitute #2 Favorable 6/19/07
Short Title: Increase Homestead Income Limit to 25K. |
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April 17, 2007
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to increase the homestead exclusion income limit to twenty-five thousand dollars for north carolina residents who are at least sixty-five years of age or who are totally and permanently disabled.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 105-277.1(a2) reads as rewritten:
"(a2) Income Eligibility Limit. -
Until July 1, 2003,2009, the income eligibility limit is eighteen
twenty-five thousand dollars ($18,000).($25,000). For
taxable years beginning on or after July 1, 2003,2009, the income
eligibility limit is the amount for the preceding year, adjusted by the same
percentage of this amount as the percentage of any cost-of-living adjustment
made to the benefits under Titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act for the
preceding calendar year, rounded to the nearest one hundred dollars ($100.00).
On or before July 1 of each year, the Department of Revenue must determine the
income eligibility amount to be in effect for the taxable year beginning the
following July 1 and must notify the assessor of each county of the amount to
be in effect for that taxable year."
SECTION 2. This act is effective for taxes imposed for taxable years beginning on or after July 1, 2008.