GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 2275

Short Title:  Macon Fire Fees/Taxes.	(Local)
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Sponsors: Representative Kimsey.
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Referred to:  Finance.
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June 1, 1990

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ALLOW THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF MACON COUNTY TO CALL AN ELECTION WITHIN FIRE DISTRICTS CREATED UNDER A LOCAL ACT TO GIVE VOTERS THE CHOICE EITHER TO IMPOSE A MINIMUM FEE UNDER THAT LOCAL ACT OR TO CONVERT THE DISTRICT TO A RURAL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  This act allows the Macon County Board of Commissioners to call an election within all of the fire districts created in Macon County under Chapter 272, Session Laws of 1985, to allow the voters of those fire districts to choose to either:
(1)	Impose a minimum fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) per structure; or
(2)	Convert the districts to Rural Fire Protection Districts governed by Chapter 69 of the General Statutes, with an ad valorem tax.
The votes of all the qualified voters in all of the districts shall be tallied together, and those results shall apply to all the districts.
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.