RESTRICT LOCAL SALES TAX/SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION. (NEW)

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House Bill 120 (Public) Filed Friday, February 19, 2021
AN ACT TO ALLOW GUILFORD COUNTY TO RESTRICT THE CHAPTER 105 ARTICLE 46 ONE-QUARTER CENT COUNTY SALES AND USE TAX TO NEW PUBLIC SCHOOL CAPITAL OUTLAY PURPOSES ONLY.
Intro. by Hardister.

Status: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate (Senate action) (May 12 2021)

SOG comments (1):

Long title change

House committee substitute to the 1st edition changed the long title. Original title was AN ACT TO BAN THE DISCHARGE OR ATTEMPT TO DISCHARGE FIREARMS FROM, 3 ON, ACROSS, OR OVER THE RIGHT-OF-WAY ALONG THE RAILROAD SERVING 4 THE MILITARY OCEAN TERMINAL AT SUNNY POINT IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY.

Bill History:

H 120

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Apr 27 2021 - View Summary

    House committee substitute to the 1st edition makes the following changes. Deletes the content of the previous edition and replaces it with the following.

    Makes the following changes, applicable to Guilford County only. Amends GS 105-538 by requiring that the net proceeds of a tax levied under Article 46 (one-quarter cent sales and use tax) be used only for (1) any public purpose or (2) public school capital outlay purposes. Requires that when the tax is levied for a public school outlay purpose, then the county must maintain at least the same amount of public school capital outlay funding as in the fiscal year before the one in which voters approve the ballot measure, using sources other than this tax. Makes organizational changes. Makes conforming changes to GS 105-537 concerning the ballot language and specifies that a tax levied under Article 46 must be approved in a referendum.

    Makes conforming changes to the act's titles.


  • Summary date: Feb 19 2021 - View Summary

    Allocates $20,000 of the funds available to the Department of Environmental Quality for the Drinking Water Reserve of the Water Infrastructure Fund to the Town of Sedalia for a merger/regionalization feasibility grant to study the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of options for providing the Town with drinking water. Effective July 1, 2021.