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5 <br /> RES-2024-062 Attachment 2 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE RESEARCH TRIANGLE REGIONAL PUBLIC <br /> TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY TO LEVY THE FULL TEN DOLLAR ($10.00) VEHICLE <br /> REGISTRATION TAX ON MOTOR VEHICLES REGISTERED IN ORANGE COUNTY <br /> WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners has adopted the Orange County <br /> Bus and Rail Investment Plan; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Orange County Bus and Rail Investment Plan provides for the levy and <br /> disbursement of the full amount of the eight dollar ($8.00) motor vehicle registration tax <br /> authorized by North Carolina General Statute (NCGS) §105-561(a); and <br /> WHEREAS, pursuant to NCGS §105-561(a), the Research Triangle Regional Public <br /> Transportation Authority currently levies a motor vehicle registration tax of eight dollars <br /> ($8.00) on motor vehicles registered in Orange County and desires to levy the full amount; <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS, the Research Triangle Public Transportation Authority has created a special tax <br /> district consisting of Orange and Durham counties for the purpose of increasing the motor <br /> vehicle registration tax in those counties by two dollars ($2.00) as provided in NCGS §105- <br /> 561(d); and <br /> WHEREAS, the Research Triangle Public Transportation Authority Board of Trustees <br /> conducted a public hearing on the proposed increase in the tax rate in accordance with <br /> NCGS §105-561(b)(1); and <br /> WHEREAS, the Research Triangle Public Transportation Authority's Special Tax Board, <br /> pursuant to NCGS §105-561(b)(2), adopted a resolution approving the two dollar ($2.00) <br /> increase in the vehicle registration tax rate in the special tax district to the full amount of ten <br /> dollars ($10.00); <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that it being in the best interest of the residents of <br /> Orange County, the Orange County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes and <br /> approves the levy of an additional two dollars ($2.00) of the vehicle registration tax as <br /> authorized by North Carolina General Statute §105-561. <br /> This the 7th day of November, 2024. <br /> Jamezetta Bedford, Chair <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> Attest: <br /> Clerk to the Board of Commissioners <br />