Bill Text: NC S261 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Stokesdale Fire District Assessment
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-12 - Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate [S261 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2015-S261-Amended.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2015
S 1
SENATE BILL 261
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Short Title: Stokesdale Fire District Assessment. |
(Local) |
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Sponsors: |
Senators Wade (Primary Sponsor); and Robinson. |
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Referred to: |
Rules and Operations of the Senate. |
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March 12, 2015
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to modernize the statutes pertaining to the assessment for the stokesdale fire protection district.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 69‑25.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 69‑25.1. Election to be held upon petition of voters.
Upon the petition of thirty‑five percent (35%) of the resident freeholders living in an area lying outside the corporate limits of any city or town, which area is described in the petition and designated as "___________________________
(Here insert name)
Fire District," the board of county commissioners of the
county shall call a special election in said that district for
the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters therein in that
district the question of levying and collecting a special tax on all
taxable property in said the district, of not exceeding fifteen
cents (15¢) on the one hundred dollars ($100.00) valuation of property, for the
purpose of providing fire protection in said the district. The
county tax office shall be responsible for checking verifying the
freeholder status of those individuals signing the petition and confirming the
location of the property owned by those individuals. Unless specifically
excluded by other law, the provisions of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes
concerning petitions for referenda and special elections shall apply. If the
voters reject the special tax under the first paragraph of this section, then
no new election may be held under the first paragraph of this section within
two years on the question of levying and collecting a special tax under the
first paragraph of this section in that district, or in any proposed district
which includes a majority of the land within the district in which the tax was
rejected.
Upon the petition of thirty‑five percent (35%) of the
resident freeholders living an area which has previously been established as a
fire protection district and in which there has been authorized by a vote of
the people a special tax not exceeding ten cents (10ȼ) on the one hundred
dollars ($100.00) valuation of property within the area, the board of county
commissioners shall call a special election in said that area for
the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters therein the question of
increasing the allowable special tax for fire protection within said that
district from ten cents (10ȼ) on the one hundred dollars ($100.00)
valuation to fifteen cents (15ȼ) on the one hundred dollars ($100.00)
valuation on all taxable property within suchthe district.
Special elections on the question of increasing the allowable tax rate for fire
protection shall not be held within the same district at intervals less than
two years."
SECTION 2. G.S. 69‑25.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 69‑25.1. Election to be held upon petition of voters.
Upon the petition of thirty‑five percent (35%) of the resident freeholders living in an area lying outside the corporate limits of any city or town, which area is described in the petition and designated as "___________________________
(Here insert name)
Fire District," the board of county commissioners of the
county shall call a special election in said that district for
the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters therein in that
district the question of levying and collecting a special tax on all
taxable property in said the district, of not exceeding fifteen
cents (15¢) on the one hundred dollars ($100.00) valuation of property, for the
purpose of providing fire protection in said district. The county tax office
shall be responsible for checking verifying the freeholder status
of those individuals signing the petition and confirming the location of the
property owned by those individuals. Unless specifically excluded by other law,
the provisions of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes concerning petitions for
referenda and special elections shall apply. If the voters reject the special
tax under the first paragraph of this section, then no new election may be held
under the first paragraph of this section within two years on the question of
levying and collecting a special tax under the first paragraph of this section
in that district, or in any proposed district which includes a majority of the
land within the district in which the tax was rejected.
Upon the petition of thirty‑five percent (35%) of the
resident freeholders living in an area which has previously been established as
a fire protection district and in which there has been authorized by a vote of
the people a special tax not exceeding ten cents (10ȼ) on the one hundred
dollars ($100.00) valuation of property within the area, the board of county
commissioners shall call a special election in said that area for
the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters therein the question of
increasing the allowable special tax for fire protection within said that
district from ten cents (10ȼ) on the one hundred dollars ($100.00)
valuation to fifteen cents (15ȼ) on the one hundred dollars ($100.00)
valuation on all taxable property within such the district.
Special elections on the question of increasing the allowable tax rate for fire
protection shall not be held within the same district at intervals less than
two years."
SECTION 3. Section 1 of this act applies to Guilford County only. Section 2 of this act applies to Rockingham County only.
SECTION 4. This act is effective when it becomes law.
