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S547 • 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
Robinson, Garrett, Waddell
Last action
2025-03-26
Official status
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
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.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-03-26 Senate

    Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  2. 2025-03-26 Senate

    Passed 1st Reading

  3. 2025-03-25 Senate

    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
S 1
SENATE BILL 547

Short Title: Clarify Ballot Language for Art. 46 Tax. (Public)
Sponsors: Senators Robinson and Garrett (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate
March 26, 2025
*S547-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 PERCENT COUNTY S ALES AND USE TAX TO 3
CLARIFY THAT REVENUE DERIVED FROM THE TA X CAN BE USED FOR AN Y 4
PUBLIC PURPOSE. 5
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 6
SECTION 1. G.S. 105-537(c) reads as rewritten: 7
"(c) Ballot Question. – The form of the question to be presented on a ballot for a special 8
election concerning the levy of the tax authorized by this Article shall be: 9
"[ ] FOR [ ] AGAINST 10
Local sales and use tax at the rate of one -quarter percent (0.25%) (one-quarter of one penny) in 11
addition to all other State and local sales and use taxes."taxes, the proceeds of which can be used 12
for any public purpose."" 13
SECTION 2. This act is e ffective when it becomes law and applies to advisory 14
referendums under Article 46 of Chapter 105 of the General Statutes conducted on or after that 15
date. 16