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1 <br /> <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. $-~ <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: Apri121, 1998 <br />SUBJECT: Property Tax Releases <br />DEPARTMENT: Assessor's Office <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Resolution <br />Individual Request <br />PUBLIC HEARING: YES NO X <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT <br />NEEDED: YES NO X <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />John Smith, Jr., ext 2101 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBER <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Mebane 227-2031 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />PURPOSE: To consider requests for property tax releases <br />BACKGROUND: General Statute 105-381(b) <br />Action of Governing Body -Upon receiving a taxpayers written statement of defense and <br />request for release or refund, the governing body of the Taxing Unit shall within 90 days <br />after receipt of such a request determine whether the taxpayer has a valid defense to the <br />tax imposed or any part thereof and shall either release or refund that portion of the <br />amount that is determined to be in excess of the current liability or notify the taxpayer in <br />writing that no release or refund will be made. <br />RECOMMENDATION: The manager recommends the attached release be approved. <br />