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operating, and maintaining a public transportation system. The proceeds may supplant existing <br /> funds allocated for a public transportation system. The term 'public transportation system' has • <br /> the same meaning as defined in G.S. Inc 506 of Af fiele ^'.G.S. 105-506." <br /> LOCAL VEHICLE REGISTRATION CHARGE ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION <br /> SECTION 3.(a) G.S. 105-561(a)reads as rewritten: <br /> "(a) Tax Authorized.—The board of trustees of an Authority may, by resolution, levy an <br /> annual license tax in accordance with this Article upon any motor vehicle with a tax situs <br /> within its territorial jurisdiction. The purpose of the tax levied under this Article is to raise <br /> revenue for capital and operating expenses of an Authority in providing public transportation <br /> systems. The rate of tax levied under this Article must be a full dollar amount, but may not <br /> exceed seven dollars ($7.00 <br /> �a year." <br /> SECTION 3.(b) Effective July 1, 2010, G.S. 105-561(a), as amended by <br /> subsection(a)of this section,reads as rewritten: <br /> "(a) Tax Authorized.—The board of trustees of an Authority may, by resolution, levy an <br /> annual license tax in accordance with this Article upon any motor vehicle with a tax situs <br /> within its territorial jurisdiction. The purpose of the tax levied under this Article is to raise <br /> revenue for capital and operating expenses of an Authority in providing public transportation <br /> systems. The rate of tax levied under this Article must be a full dollar amount, but may not <br /> exceed seven dellafs dollars ($8.00)a year." <br /> SECTION 3.(c) G.S. 105-561(d)reads as rewritten: <br /> "(d) Special Tax District.—If a regional transportation authority created under Article 27 <br /> of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes has not levied the tax under this section or has levied <br /> the tax at a rate of less than five dellaf- ($5 0 )-seven dollars ($7.001 it may create a special <br /> district that consists of the entire area of one or more counties within its territorial jurisdiction <br /> and may levy on behalf of the special district the tax authorized in this section. The rate of tax <br /> levied within the special district may not, when combined with the rate levied within the entire <br /> territorial jurisdiction of the authority; exceed seven dollars ($7.00). The <br /> regional transportation authority may not levy or increase a tax within the special district unless • <br /> the board of commissioners of each county in the special district has adopted a resolution <br /> approving the levy or increase. <br /> A special district created pursuant to this subsection is a body corporate and politic and has <br /> the power to carry out the purposes of this subsection. The board of trustees of the regional <br /> transportation authority created under Article 27 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes shall <br /> serve, ex officio, as the governing body of a special district it creates pursuant to this <br /> subsection. The proceeds of a tax levied under this subsection may be used only for the benefit <br /> of the special district and only for the purposes provided in G.S. 105-564. Except as provided <br /> in this subsection, a tax levied under this subsection is governed by the provisions of this <br /> Article." <br /> SECTION 3.(d) Effective July 1, 2010, G.S. 105-561(d), as amended by <br /> subsection(c)of this section,reads as rewritten: <br /> "(d) Special Tax District.—If a regional transportation authority created under Article 27 <br /> of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes has not levied the tax under this section or has levied <br /> the tax at a rate of less than ight dollars ($8.00)it may create a special <br /> district that consists of the entire area of one or more counties within its territorial jurisdiction <br /> and may levy on behalf of the special district the tax authorized in this section. The rate of tax <br /> levied within the special district may not, when combined with the rate levied within the entire <br /> territorial jurisdiction of the authority; exceed i6t dollars ($8.00). The <br /> regional transportation authority may not levy or increase a tax within the special district unless <br /> the board of commissioners of each county in the special district has adopted a resolution <br /> approving the levy or increase. <br /> A special district created pursuant to this subsection is a body corporate and politic and has <br /> the power to carry out the purposes of this subsection. The board of trustees of the regional <br /> transportation authority created under Article 27 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes shall <br /> serve, ex officio, as the governing body of a special district it creates pursuant to this • <br /> subsection. The proceeds of a tax levied under this subsection may be used only for the benefit <br /> of the special district and only for the purposes provided in G.S. 105-564. Except as provided <br /> in this subsection, a tax levied under this subsection is governed by the provisions of this <br /> Article." <br /> Page 12 Session Law 2009-527 SL2009-0527 <br />