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H1005 • 2025

Clarify Ballot Language for Art. 46 Tax.

Clarify Ballot Language for Art. 46 Tax.

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Passed Legislature

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Sponsor
Clark, Quick, Harrison
Last action
2025-04-14
Official status
Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Clarify Ballot Language for Art. 46 Tax.

Clarify Ballot Language for Art.

What This Bill Does

  • Clarify Ballot Language for Art.
  • 46 Tax.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-04-14 House

    Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  2. 2025-04-14 House

    Passed 1st Reading

  3. 2025-04-10 House

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Clarify Ballot Language for Art. 46 Tax.

Current Bill Text

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 1005

Short Title: Clarify Ballot Language for Art. 46 Tax. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives Clark and Quick (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
April 14, 2025
*H1005-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO MODIFY THE BALLOT LANGUAGE FOR THE REFERENDUM REQUIRED 2
TO LEVY THE ONE -QUARTER CENT COUNTY SALE S AND USE TAX AND TO 3
MODIFY THE ALLOWABLE USES OF THE PROCEEDS DERIVED FROM THE TAX. 4
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5
SECTION 1. G.S. 105-537(c) reads as rewritten: 6
"(c) Ballot Question. – The form of the question to be presented on a ballot for a special 7
election concerning the levy of the tax authorized by this Article shall be: 8
"[ ] FOR [ ] AGAINST 9
Local sales and use tax at the rate of one-quarter percent (0.25%) a fraction of a penny (one penny 10
for every four dollars ($4 .00) spent) in addition to all other State and local sales and use 11
taxes."taxes, the proceeds of which can be used to increase pay for teachers and other education 12
employees. This tax will not apply to gas, groceries, motor vehicles, or prescription drugs."" 13
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to advisory 14
referendums under Article 46 of Chapt er 105 of the General Statutes conducted on or after that 15
date. 16