AN ACT providing that alexander, ALLEGHANY, anson, BERTIE, catawba, chowan, STOKES, SURRY, and Tyrrell counties may prohibit the issuance of a building permit to a delinquent taxpayer.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 3(b) of S.L. 2005‑433, as amended by Section 2 of S.L. 2006‑150 and Section 1 of S.L. 2007‑58, reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 3.(b)  This section applies to Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Bertie, Catawba, Chowan, Davie, Gates, Greene, Lenoir, Lincoln, Iredell, Stokes, Surry, Tyrrell, Wayne, and Yadkin Counties only."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 18th day of June, 2009.

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		 Walter H. Dalton
	 President of the Senate

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		 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives