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LA\Y/ OFFICES <br />COLEMAN, GLEDHILL, HARGRAVE &. PEEK <br />APRUFEStiIONAL CORPORATION <br />1?9 E TAYUN STREET <br />P O. DRANER li?9 <br />IiiLLJ"60ROUGH. NORTFI CAROLINA ? i'_ i8 <br />UI9-ii?-p96 <br />F.4X ~71H-7 ib~iP97 <br />nu,c c~midh wm <br />June 21, 2005 <br />Moses Carer, Jr,, Chair <br />tialerie P. Foushee <br />Alice M. Gordon <br />Stephen Halkiotis <br />Barry Jacobs <br />Orange County Board <br />Post Office Box 8181 <br />Hillsborough, North <br />of Commissioners <br />Carolina. 27278 <br />3 <br />FROM THE DESK OF <br />GEOFFREY E. GLEDHILL <br />EMAI L: _anPrcvf;IcJhillglnu:mdh cool <br />RE: Orange County Administrative Unit, Special Tax <br />District; Orange County-wide, Special Tax District <br />D=ar Eoard Members: <br />This letter answers school supplemental tax referendum <br />related questicns intended to help the Board in its discussion <br />on June 23, 2005, It provides, in a numbered bulleted format, <br />pertinent provisions of North Carolina law that would pertain if <br />there were a county commissioner initiated election for a <br />supplemental tax for the Orange County school district or for <br />the entire County, All of what is described below is in the <br />general law, By special or local act any number of modifications <br />or variations to the general la~,v are possible, Also, I have <br />written to the Board several times in the past about <br />supplemental school tax elections. A copy of each of my prior <br />letters accompanies this letter. <br />1. A voter approved supplemental tax for school purposes <br />is for the purpose of "supplement[ing] the funds from State and <br />county allotments and thereby operat[ing] schools of a higher <br />standard by supplementing any item of expenditure in the school <br />budget...," N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1150-501. <br />2. An Orange County School District tax for supplementing <br />the public school budget cannot exceed 50¢ on each $100.00 of <br />