NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

CHAPTER 701

HOUSE BILL 743

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 212, SESSION LAWS OF 1959, RELATING TO THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE COUNTIES TO CALL ELECTIONS ON THE QUESTION OF LEVYING TAXES FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THE SAME AS AMENDED HEREIN SHALL APPLY TO PERSON COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. Section 1 of Chapter 212, Session Laws of 1959, is hereby amended by striking out the words and figures "five cents (5¢) on each one hundred dollars ($100.00)" as they appear immediately after the word "exceed" in line six and immediately before the word "of" in line seven of the paragraph designated "G. S. 158-8", and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures "three cents (3¢) on each one hundred dollars ($100.00)".

Sec. 2. Section 1 of Chapter 212, Session Laws of 1959, is further amended by striking out the words and figures "five cents (5¢) on each one hundred dollars ($100.00)" as they appear immediately after the word "exceed" in line three and immediately before the word "of" in line four of the paragraph designated "G. S. 158-12", and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures "three cents (3¢) on each one hundred dollars ($100.00)".

Sec. 3. Chapter 212, Session Laws of 1959, is further amended by adding a new Section immediately after Section 2 thereof, the same to be designated Section 2-A and to read as follows:

"Sec. 2-A. This Act shall also apply to Person County."

Sec. 4. The provisions of this Act shall apply only to Person County.

Sec. 5. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 6. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 9th day of June, 1961.