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3 <br /> NORTH CAROLINA <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> This AGREEMENT,made and entered this the,3 day of <br /> 2006,by and among Orange County(hereinafter referred to <br /> Co ty), Town of Carrboro, Town of Chapel Hill, and Town of Hillsborough <br /> (hereinafter individually and collectively referred to as Town or Towns), to <br /> provide for centralized and systemized collection of property taxes in Orange <br /> County which will benefit the units of government contracting both in cost and <br /> information services, the parties to this agreement,pursuant to the authority <br /> contained in Article 20, of Chapter 160A of the North Carolina General Staiutes <br /> contract and agree as follows: <br /> I. The County shall perform for itself and each of the Towns all of <br /> the tax collection functions prescribed in Subchapter U of Chapter <br /> 105 of the North Carolina General Statutes (hereinafter referred to <br /> as the Machinery Act). This activity shall hereinafter be referred to <br /> as the joint tax collection system. <br /> II. Effective July 1, 1978,the County tax collector began the joint <br /> venture as tax collector for the County and each Town that is a <br /> party to this agreement under the original interlocal agreement <br /> signed in 1979. Reference in this agreement of"tax collector" <br /> shall hereinafter refer to the County tax collector. The tax collector <br /> and any deputy tax collectors shall be appointed by the County <br /> Board of Commissioners. <br /> III. Effective with the tax levy for the fiscal year beginning July 1, <br /> 2006 and each fiscal year thereafter so long as this contract is in <br /> effect, and not to exceed 99 years, The governing bodies of the <br /> County and the Towns shall adopt an order pursuant to North <br /> Carolina General Statutes §105- 321 (b) directing the tax collector <br /> to collect the taxes charged in the tax records and receipts. A copy <br />