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~3 ~. ( section does not apply t.o any prapasal.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 ar decrease any rate,. fee or charge covered by this section, then the County will give at least 30 days' notice of the proposed change to the other Parties, and the County will•request that the Advisory Board consider the proposed change. If the Advisory Boa.rd•recommends that. the change be.approved, then the change may take effect if the County subsequent~.y appzaves ~ it. ~If ~ the Advisory Hoard recommends that the change not be approved, then the , change may take 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 appra'va.]. necessary for it. to take effect. . t3) Notwithstanding a~.y 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 waoi3 waste) and. minor charges for the sale of goods (such as, for e~tample,.mulch, scrap. tires, ar clean wood waste). .A fee or charge shall be considered "minor" for the. purposes of this paragraph if the fee ar charge produced less than 1~ of the System's total'revenue for the last preceding Fiscal Year for which audited financial statements are available. _~ Time limit ati fee change. •app=ovat~.s._ Any approvals given by a Party, pursuant .to the approval requirements of this Part 4, to the imposition or ixi,crease, of any fee 'will be of no further effect after 90 days from the date of the action granting approval (br after such shorter or longer period as may be t~iade part of ~ the action granting approval) , if the imposition • or increasse so approved has not by such' time received all approvals required for its effectiveness. 'IIse ~of System Revenues oaZY for System: na tegtii~remeat that County uae general funds for System purposes. The County will use System lteveaues .solely to carry out the Solid•Waste Management Plan ' and Policies and solely for the benefit • of the System, including (1) to pay costs t~f disposing of Solid Waste, (2) to ,pay casts of collecting, processing and disposing of Recycla'hles, (3) to the extent permitted by law, to pay costs af•providing public benefits determined . to be provided pursuant to~Part 6,•and (4) to pay costs of solid waste. ~. reduction activities. The County will not use System Revenues to pay costs of collecting Solid Waste in uni.nevrpo'rated areas of the County. 7