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section does not apply to any proposal. to impose, or- change any special district tax related to the System; instead, the generally applicable law shall govern any such proposal. The Parties note that North Carolina law currently requires a Town's consent to include any area, within. that Town's jurisdiction within* a special taxing district, but that -the county controls the rate of any special district tax in its discretion. (2) if the County determines that it is or may be advisable' to create, increase or decrease any rate,.fee or charge cove red by this I - section, then the County Will give* at least 30 days' notice of the propos . ed change to the other Parties, and the County will request that- the Advisory Board consider the . proposed change. if the Advisory BobLrd. recommends that..the change he approved, then the change may take effect if the County subsequently approves it. 'If the Advisory Board recommends that the change not be approved, then the. change may tak6- effect only if the County and at least one. other Party -subsequently approve the change. A change will take effect at the end of the notice period or, if later, the date of the last Governing Body approval necessary for it. to take *effect. (3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the County may at any time,- . and from, time to time in its discretion, create, increase or decrease any minor fees 'for the disposal of certain classes of Solid waste (such as fees far' the disposal of yard waste or clean wood waste) and minor charges for the sale of goods (such as, for example, mulch., scrap. tires, or clean wood waste). A fee or charge shall be considered "minor" for the. purposes of this paragraph if the fee or charge produced less than I%- of the System's total revenue for the last preceding Fiscal Year for which audited financial statements are available. Time limit on fee Change, • approvals.* Any approvals given by a Party, pursuant to the approval requirements of this Part 4, to the imposition or increase. of any fee will be of no further effect after 90 days from' the date of the action granting approval (or after such shorter or longer period as may be made part of the action granting approval) , if the imposition or increase so approved has not by such* time received all approvals required for its effectiveness. 'Use 'of System Revenues only for System: no requitement that County use general funds for System purposes. The CoLinty will use System Revenues solely to carry out the Solid -Waste Management Plan and Policies and solely for the benefit - of the System, including (1) to pay costs of disposing of Solid Waste, (2) to .pay costs of collecting, processing and disposing of * Rec-iclables, (3) to the extent permitted by law, to pay costs of'providing public benefits determined to be provided pursuant to Part 6, and M' to pay costs of solid waste reduction activities. The County will not use System Revenues to pay costs of collecting Solid Waste in unincorporated areas of the County. 7