A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to amend the carrboro town charter to authorize the town to raise the motor vehicle tax from fifteen to twenty‑five dollars.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑97(a) as it applies to the Town of Carrboro under Section 3 of Chapter 392 of the Session Laws of 1991, as amended by Chapter 456 of the 1993 Session Laws, as further amended by Section 5.1 of Chapter 339 of the 1995 Session Laws, and as codified in Section 3‑6 of the Carrboro Town Charter, reads as rewritten:
"(a)	All taxes levied under the provisions of this Article are intended as compensatory taxes for the use and privileges of the public highways of this State, and shall be paid by the Commissioner to the State Treasurer, to be credited by him to the State Highway Fund; and no county or municipality shall levy any license or privilege tax upon any motor vehicle licensed by the State of North Carolina, except that cities and towns may levy not more than twenty‑five dollars ($25.00) per year upon any vehicle resident therein. Provided, further, that cities and towns may levy, in addition to the amounts hereinabove provided for, a sum not to exceed fifteen dollars ($15.00) per year upon each vehicle operated in such city or town as a taxicab."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.