GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2021

SESSION LAW 2021-142

HOUSE BILL 248

AN ACT TO amenD the charter of the town of spring lake to modify the method of appointing the town's finance officer and tax collector.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Article IV of the Charter of the Town of Spring Lake, being Chapter 742 of the Session Laws of 1977, as amended by Town Ordinance dated March 24, 1997, reads as rewritten:

"ARTICLE IV.

"Organization and Administration.

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"Sec. 4.4. Town finance officer. The board shall appoint a town finance officer to perform the duties of the finance officer as required by the Local Government Budget and Fiscal Control Act.

"Sec. 4.5. Town tax collector. The board shall appoint a town tax collector to collect all taxes, licenses, fees and other revenues accruing to the town, subject to the General Statutes, the provisions of this Charter and the ordinances of the town. The town tax collector shall diligently comply with and enforce all the laws of North Carolina relating to the collection of taxes and other revenues by municipalities.

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SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 9^th day of September, 2021.

                                                                    s/  Bill Rabon

                                                                         Presiding Officer of the Senate

                                                                    s/  Howard Penny, Jr.

                                                                         Presiding Officer of the House of Representatives