AN ACT TO REVISE THE LAWS RELATING TO COUNTY RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION SERVICE DISTRICTS TO REFLECT CHANGED CIRCUMSTANCES, TO ALLOW FLEXIBILITY IN PROVISION OF SERVICES IN URBAN AREAS OF SUCH DISTRICTS, AND TO AMEND THE COUNTY SERVICE DISTRICT ACT OF 1973 RELATING TO APPROVAL OF PROPERTY TAXES IN MULTIJURISDICTIONAL INDUSTRIAL PARK DISTRICTS. Summarized in Daily Bulletin 5/30/12, 5/31/12, and 6/4/12. Enacted June 26, 2012. Effective June 26, 2012.
Bill Summaries: H 391 RTP DISTRICT AMENDMENTS (NEW).
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Summary date: Jun 27 2012 - View Summary
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Bill H 391 (2011-2012)Summary date: Jun 4 2012 - View Summary
Senate amendment makes the following changes to 2nd edition, as amended. Amends proposed GS 153A-316.1, urban research service district (URSD), to add the following standard to those required for a county board of commissioners to establish one or more URSDs presentation to a county board of commissioners of a petition requesting petition of the URSD, signed by a minimum of 50% of the owners of real property in the URSD who own at least 50% of the total area of real property included in the URSD.
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Bill H 391 (2011-2012)Summary date: May 31 2012 - View Summary
Senate amendment makes the following changes to 2nd edition. Provides that for a multijurisdictional industrial park satisfying the criteria of GS 143B-437.08(h), the boards of commissioners of the counties involved in a multi-county district are to determine if there is a current need in each participating county to levy a tax. Provides that if one or more of the boards of commissioners in a multijurisdictional industrial park determines that there is not a current need to levy a tax for all or part of the property, then the county or counties are under no obligation to levy the tax. Permits a participating county in a multijurisdictional industrial park to elect to levy a tax for all or part of the property within its jurisdictional boundaries without setting an effectively uniform rate of tax but prohibits the tax rate from exceeding that allowed in GS 143B-317(b). Amends GS 153A-317(b) to prohibit levying an additional property tax rate in excess of 20¢ on each $100 value of property subject to taxation (was, 15¢ on each $100). Makes conforming changes to the title.
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Bill H 391 (2011-2012)Summary date: May 30 2012 - View Summary
Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to 1st edition.
Deletes all provisions of the previous version and replaces them with AN ACT TO REVISE THE LAWS RELATING TO COUNTY RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION SERVICE DISTRICTS TO REFLECT CHANGED CIRCUMSTANCES AND TO ALLOW FLEXIBILITY IN PROVISION OF SERVICES IN URBAN AREAS OF SUCH DISTRICTS.
Enacts new provisions in Part 2 of Article 16 in GS Chapter 153A to authorize the establishment of urban research service districts (URSD) and provide for the regulation, extension, and taxing of the districts. Permits a county board of commissioners to establish one or more URSDs if the following conditions are met: the URSD (1) is within a county research and production service district located partly within the county, (2) is located wholly within that county, and (3) is not contained within another URSD. Requires the board of commissioners to produce a report, as specified, on the URSD, and to hold a public hearing before adopting a resolution to define the URSD. Provides for an advisory committee of at least 10 members for the URSD. Permits the board to annex territory to a URSD if certain conditions are met, including a requirement that 100% of the real property owners in the area to be annexed have petitioned for annexation. Also permits the board to remove territory from a URSD in a similar manner. Sets out the report and public hearing requirements for these procedures. Provides for contracting to furnish services within the URSD. Authorizes the abolishment of a URSD, as detailed. Allows a county to levy property taxes in the URSD that are in addition to taxes levied by the county and the taxes levied in the research and production service district. Details the property tax rate and the uses authorized for the proceeds.
Makes conforming and clarifying changes to the current provisions in Part 2 that establish and govern a research and production service district. Permits a developer of such a district, established before June 1, 2012, to amend the covenants limiting the use of district property to allow additional listed uses, including commercial, residential, or institutional purposes. Clarifies that the removal of territory from a district is allowed if, among other things, removal was recommended by a two-thirds vote of the owners and tenant association (was, the owners of the territory to be removed expect to use the territory for residential purposes).
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Bill H 391 (2011-2012)Summary date: Mar 16 2011 - View Summary
Amends GS 143-49, providing that it is the Secretary of Administration’s (Secretary’s) duty to canvass sources of supply, including sources of goods with recycled content, and to purchase or contract to purchase, lease and lease-purchase all goods required by the state government under competitive bidding or other suitable means authorized by the Secretary. Defines goods to include, without limitation, all commodities, supplies, materials, equipment, and other tangible personal property. Adds that it is the Secretary’s duty to establish procedures to permit state government to join any federal, state, local government entity, or any nonprofit organization in cooperative purchasing plans or agreements. Makes other conforming and clarifying changes.
Amends GS 143-51 to add that all entities of the state government subject to the reporting requirement under GS 143-51(a) will also submit to the Secretary, when requested, actual expenditures for all goods and services, as indicated. Makes conforming changes.
Deletes GS 143-53(3), which allows the Secretary to adopt rules governing contractual services for certain purposes. Makes other conforming changes.
Makes additional conforming, clarifying, and technical changes to GS 143-52 and 143-55.
Effective July 1, 2011.