§ 139-39. Alternative method of financing watershed improvement programs by special county tax. - North Carolina Statutes

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Watershed ImprovementPrograms; Expenditure by Counties.

§ 139‑39.  Alternativemethod of financing watershed improvement programs by special county tax.

The board of countycommissioners in any county is authorized to call a special election todetermine whether it be the will of the qualified voters of the county thatthey levy and cause to be collected annually, at the same time and in the samemanner as the general county taxes are levied and collected, a special tax at arate not to exceed twenty‑five cents (25¢) on each one hundred dollars($100.00) valuation of property in said county, to be known as a"Watershed Improvement Tax," the funds therefrom, if the levy beauthorized by the voters of said county, to be used for the prevention of floodwater and sediment damages, and for furthering the conservation, utilizationand disposal of water and the development of water resources. (1959,c. 781, s. 10; 1967, c. 987, s. 8.)