Bill Text: NC S152 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Correct Tech. Error in Burgaw Occupancy Tax
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-01 - Ch. SL 2013-38 [S152 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2013-S152-Enrolled.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2013
SENATE BILL 152
RATIFIED BILL
AN ACT to correct a technical error in the authorization for the town of burgaw to impose an occupancy tax.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. Section 2(a) of S.L. 2006‑167 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 2. Tourism
Development Authority. – (a) Appointment and Membership. – When the Board of
Commissioners adopts a resolution levying a room occupancy tax under this act,
it shall also adopt a resolution creating the Burgaw Tourism Development
Authority, which shall be a public authority under the Local Government Budget
and Fiscal Control Act. The resolution shall provide for the membership of the
Authority, including the members' terms of office, and for the filling of
vacancies on the Authority. At least one‑third of the members shall be
individuals who are affiliated with businesses that collect the tax in the town
and at least three‑fourthsone‑half of the members
shall be individuals who are currently active in the promotion of travel and
tourism in the town. The Board of Commissioners shall designate one member of
the Authority as chair and shall determine the compensation, if any, to be paid
to members of the Authority.
The Authority shall meet at the call of the chair and shall adopt rules of procedure to govern its meetings. The Finance Officer for the Town of Burgaw shall be the ex officio finance officer of the Authority."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 1st day of May, 2013.
s/ Daniel J. Forest
President of the Senate
s/ Thom Tillis
Speaker of the House of Representatives