GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2009
SESSION LAW 2009-160
HOUSE BILL 394
AN ACT to AUTHORIZE the city of raleigh to increase its general motor vehicle tax by up to five dollars.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 20-97(b), as it applies to the City of Raleigh under Section 2 of S.L. 2007-333, reads as rewritten:
"(b) General Municipal
Vehicle Tax. - Cities and towns may levy a tax of not more than twenty
dollars ($20.00) twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per year upon any
vehicle resident in the city or town. The proceeds of the tax up to fifteen
dollars ($15.00) may be used for any lawful purpose. The proceeds of these
taxes derived from any levy above fifteen dollars ($15.00) and up to twenty
dollars ($20.00) twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be used
exclusively for transportation-related purposes, including sidewalks."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 23rd day of June, 2009.
s/ Walter H. Dalton
President of the Senate
s/ Joe Hackney
Speaker of the House of Representatives