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4 <br /> GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA <br /> 1991 SESSION <br /> RATIFIED BILL <br /> CHAPTER 666 <br /> HOUSE BILL 80 <br /> AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE A REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY <br /> TO LEVY A VEHICLE REGISTRATION TAX. <br /> The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: <br /> Section 1. G.S. 160A-613 reads as rewritten: <br /> "§ 160A-613. Funds. <br /> (a) The establishment and operation of an Authority are governmental functions <br /> and constitute a public purpose, and the State of North Carolina and any unit of local <br /> government may appropriate funds to support the establishment and operation of the <br /> Authority. The State of North Carolina and any unit of local government may also <br /> dedicate, sell, convey, donate or lease any of their interests in any property to the <br /> Authority. <br /> (b) The Authority may levy an annual vehicle registration tax not to exceed rive <br /> dollars($5 00) per vehicle in accordance with G.S. 160A-6223_" <br /> Sec. 2. Chapter 160A of the General Statutes is amended by adding a <br /> new section to read: <br /> 160A-623. Regional Transportation Authority registration tax. <br /> (a) Tax Authorized In accordance with this section, an Authority organized <br /> under this Article may levy an annual license tax upon any motor vehicle with a tax <br /> situs within its territorial jurisdiction as defined by G.S._160A-602. <br /> (b) Purpose. The purpose of the tax levied under this section is to raise revenue for <br /> capital and operating expenses of an Authority in providing a public transportation <br /> system. <br /> c Amount of Tax. The annual levy under this section must be a full dollar <br /> amount but may not exceed five dollars 5.00 per year. <br /> (d) Procedure for Lew. The Board of Trustees of an Authority may levy the tax <br /> provided by this section by passage of a resolution, after not less than 10 days'_public <br /> notice and after a 12ublic hearing- Collection of the tax, and-liability therefor, shall <br /> begin and continue only on and after the first day of a calendar month set by the <br /> Board of Trustees in the resolution levying the tax, which shall in no case be earlier <br /> than the first day of the third calendar month after the adoption of the resolution. <br /> The Board ,Trustees upon adoption of the resolution, shall cause a certified copy__ <br /> of the resolution to be delivered immediately to the Division of Motor Vehicles. <br /> (e) Collection of Tax. Upon receipt of the resolutions under Subsections (d) and <br /> (j). Division of Motor Vehicles shall proceed to collect and administer the tax. <br /> The tax is due at the same time and subject to the same restrictions as in G.S. 20-87 <br /> (1). (2)_(4). (^ SL_(6) and (7) and G.S. 20-88. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles <br /> may adopt such rules as are necessary and proper to implement this section. <br /> (f Modification or Repeal of Tax. The Board of Trustees may, by resolution <br /> terminate the levy of the tax under this section, or increase or decrease the amount of <br />