GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2011

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SENATE BILL 107

 

 

Short Title:        Tax of Improved Prop. in Roadway Corridors.

(Public)

Sponsors:

Senators Brunstetter and Garrou.

Referred to:

Finance.

February 23, 2011

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to reduce the property tax owed for improved property inside certain roadway corridors.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 105-277.9 reads as rewritten:

"§ 105-277.9.  Taxation of property inside certain roadway corridors.

Real property that lies within a transportation corridor marked on an official map filed under Article 2E of Chapter 136 of the General Statutes is designated a special class of property under Article V, Sec. 2(2) of the North Carolina Constitution and is taxable at twenty percent (20%) of the general tax rate levied on real property by the taxing unit in whichappraised value of the property is situated if:if each of the following requirements is met:

(1)        As of January 1, no building or other structure is located on the property; andproperty.

(2)        The property has not been subdivided, as defined in G.S. 153A-335 or G.S. 160A-376, since it was included in the corridor."

SECTION 2.  Article 12 of Chapter 105 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 105-277.9A.  Taxation of improved property inside certain roadway corridors.

Real property on which a building or other structure is located and that lies within a transportation corridor marked on an official map filed under Article 2E of Chapter 136 of the General Statutes is designated a special class of property under Article V, Sec. 2(2) of the North Carolina Constitution and is taxable at fifty percent (50%) of the appraised value of the property if the property has not been subdivided, as defined in G.S. 153A-335 or G.S. 160A-376, since it was included in the corridor."

SECTION 3.  This act is effective for taxes imposed for taxable years beginning on or after July 1, 2011.