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A~1, + a 5 <br />Article 46. <br />One-Quarter Cent (1/4¢) County Sales and Use Tax. <br />§ 105-535. Short title. <br />This Article is the one-Quarter Cent X114¢} County Sales and Use Tax Act. <br />12007-323, s. 31.17~b}.} <br />§ 105-536. Limitations. <br />This Article applies only to counties that levy the first one-cent ~ 1 ¢} sales and use tax <br />under Article 39 of this Chapter or under Chapter 1096 of the 1967 Session Laws, the <br />first one-half cent X112¢} local sales and use tax under Article 40 of this Chapter, and the <br />second one-half cent X112¢} local sales and use tax under Article 42 of this Chapter. <br />X2007-323, s. 31.17~b}.} <br />~ 105-537. Levy. <br />~a} Authority. ~- if the majority of thaw voting in a referendum held pursuant to <br />this Article vote for the levy of the tax, the board of county commissioners may, by <br />resolution and after 10 days' public notice, levy a local sales and use tax at a rate of <br />one-quarter percent X0.25%}. <br />(b} vote. -- The board of county commissioners may direct the county board of <br />elections to conduct an advisory referendum on the question of whether to levy a local <br />sales and use tax in the county as provided in this Article. The election shall be held on a <br />date jointly agreed upon by the board of county commissioners and the board of elections <br />and shall be held in accordance with the procedures of G. 5.163 -287. <br />~c} Ballot Question. -~ The form of the question to be presented on a ballot for a <br />special election concerning the levy of the tax authorized by this Article shall be: <br />"" ~ j FaR ~ AGAINST <br />Local sales and use tax at the rate of one-quarter percent (0.25%} in addition <br />to all other State and local sales and use taxes." <br />~d} Limitation. _ A tax levied under this Article may not be in effect in a county <br />at the same time as a tax levied under Article 60 of this Chapter. X2007-323, s. 31.17~b}.} <br />§ 105-538. Administration of taxes. <br />Except as provided in this Article, the adoption, levy, collection, administration, and <br />repeal of these additional taxes must be in accordance with Article 39 of this Chapter. <br />G.S. 105-465.1 is an administrative provision that applies to this Article. A tax levied <br />under. this Article does not apply to the sales price of food that is exempt from tax <br />pursuant to G.S. 105-164.13B ar to the sales price of a bundled transaction taxable <br />pursuant to G.S. 105-467~a}~5a}, The Secretary shall not divide the amount allocated to a <br />county between the county and the municipalities within the county. X2007-323, s. <br />31.17~b}; 2007-345, s.14.5~a}; 2008-134, s. 75; 2009-445, s.18.} <br />