GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2013

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SENATE BILL 172

House Committee Substitute Favorable 6/19/14

 

Short Title:        Jacksonville Occ. Tax/Wrightsville Deannex.

(Local)

Sponsors:

 

Referred to:

 

March 5, 2013

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to modify the use of occupancy tax proceeds for the city of jacksonville, to remove described parcels from the corporate LIMITS of the town of wrightsville beach, and to annex those parcels to the corporate limits of the city of wilmington.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.(a)  Section 1.1(d) of S.L. 2009‑429 reads as rewritten:

"SECTION 1.1.(d)  Distribution and Use of Tax Revenue. – The City of Jacksonville shall, on a quarterly basis, remit the net proceeds of the occupancy tax to the Jacksonville Tourism Development Authority. The Authority shall use at least two‑thirds of the funds remitted to it under this subsection for tourism‑related expenditures and shall use the remainder to promote travel and tourism in Jacksonville and shall use the remainder for tourism‑related expenditures.Jacksonville."

SECTION 1.(b)  This section becomes effective July 1, 2014, and expires July 1, 2023.

SECTION 2.  Effective June 30, 2014, the following described properties are removed from the corporate limits of the Town of Wrightsville Beach and added to the corporate limits of the City of Wilmington:

That certain parcel or parcels of land situated in the Town of Wrightsville Beach, New Hanover County, North Carolina, and being shown on a map prepared by McKim & Creed titled "Plat Survey for State Street – Galleria, LLC., dated July 11, 2013", said tract being more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at NCGS Monument "Pilgrim" as shown on a map prepared by McKim & Creed titled "Plat Survey for State Street – Galleria, LLC., dated July 11, 2013", said point having NC grid, NAD 83 coordinates of Northing 173498.62 and Easting 2355050.30; thence South 48°59'46" East, a distance of 354.66 feet to a calculated point on the Southern right of way of Wrightsville Avenue, said point being the true Point of Beginning:

Thence from said Point of Beginning and leaving said right of way South 48°14'45" East, a distance of 43.36 feet to a calculated point; thence South 47°49'09" East, a distance of 260.33 feet to an iron pipe found; thence South 42°32'24" West, a distance of 409.27 feet to a calculated point; thence South 47°47'15" East, a distance of 483.11 feet to a calculated point; thence South 42°13'10" West, a distance of 22.20 feet to a calculated point; thence North 65°15'53" West, a distance of 110.90 feet to a stone; thence South 26°42'07" West, a distance of 23.92 feet to a stone; thence North 64°30'27" West, a distance of 398.43 feet to an iron pipe found; thence North 64°49'12" West, a distance of 551.35 feet to a stone; thence North 64°49'12" West, a distance of 132.43 feet to a stone; thence North 64°49'12" West, a distance of 264.26 feet to a stone; thence North 24°11'41" East, a distance of 104.17 feet to a calculated point; thence South 88°16'08" East, a distance of 215.00 feet to a calculated point; thence North 24°11'34" East, a distance of 199.99 feet to a an iron pipe found in the Southern right of way of Wrightsville Avenue; thence along said right of way South 87°59'08" East, a distance of 64.72 feet to a calculated point; thence South 87°59'08" East, a distance of 633.78 feet  to the Point of Beginning. Containing 550,771 sq. ft. or 12.64 acres, more or less.

SECTION 3.  Except as otherwise provided herein, this act is effective when it becomes law.