13 | 13 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 |
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14 | 14 | | AN ACT AUTHORIZING COUNTIES TO PROVIDE THAT ASSESSMENTS MAY BE PAID 2 |
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15 | 15 | | IN EITHER SEMIANNUAL OR ANNUAL INSTALLMENTS. 3 |
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16 | 16 | | The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4 |
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17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. G.S. 153A-199 reads as rewritten: 5 |
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18 | 18 | | "ยง 153A-199. Payment of assessments in full or by installments. 6 |
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19 | 19 | | (a) Within 30 days after the day that notice of confirmation of the assessment roll is 7 |
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20 | 20 | | published, each owner of assessed property shall pay his assessment in full, unless the board of 8 |
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21 | 21 | | commissioners has provided that assessments may be paid in semiannual or annual installments. 9 |
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22 | 22 | | If payment by installments is permitted, any portion of an assessment not paid within the 30-day 10 |
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23 | 23 | | period shall be paid in semiannual or annual installments. The board shall in the assessment 11 |
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24 | 24 | | resolution determine whether payment may be made by semiannual or annual installments and 12 |
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25 | 25 | | set the number of installments, which may not be more than 10. 40 for semiannual installments 13 |
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26 | 26 | | or 20 for annual installments. 14 |
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27 | 27 | | (b) With respect to payment by installment, the board may providepayment: 15 |
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28 | 28 | | (1) By semiannual installments, the board may provide either: 16 |
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29 | 29 | | a. That the first installment with interest is due on the date when property 17 |
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30 | 30 | | taxes are due, and one installment with interest is due on the same date 18 |
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31 | 31 | | in each successive six-month time period until the assessment is paid 19 |
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32 | 32 | | in full. 20 |
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33 | 33 | | b. That the first installment with interest is due 60 days after the date that 21 |
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34 | 34 | | the assessment roll is confirmed, and future installments with interest 22 |
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35 | 35 | | are due on that same day in each successive six-month time period 23 |
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36 | 36 | | until the assessment is paid in full. 24 |
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37 | 37 | | (2) By annual installments, the board may provide either: 25 |
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38 | 38 | | (1)a. That the first installment with interest is due on the date when property 26 |
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39 | 39 | | taxes are due, and one installment with interest is due on the same date 27 |
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40 | 40 | | in each successive year until the assessment is paid in full, orfull. 28 |
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41 | 41 | | (2)b. That the first installment with interest is due 60 days after the date that 29 |
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42 | 42 | | the assessment roll is confirmed, and one installment with interest is 30 |
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43 | 43 | | due on that same day in each successive year until the assessment is 31 |
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44 | 44 | | paid in full." 32 |
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45 | 45 | | SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to assessments 33 |
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46 | 46 | | for which the assessment roll is confirmed on or after that date. 34 |
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