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28712
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The Tax Reform Act of 1986 imposes new reporting requirements for certain real estate transactions in North Carolina. This bulletin discusses the definition of real estate transaction in the temporary regulations and how it affects local government transactions.
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18539
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Tax-increment financing is a program allowing cities to borrow fund for development projects and repay those loans through increased taxes. In Spring 1982, the General Assembly approved tax-increment financing programs and put to a public vote in the fall of 1982. The article reviews pros and cons of tax-increment financing and a voters' guide on the subject.
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20518
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This bulletin discusses on-street and off-street legal issues that have arisen since the early 1950s, including enforcement of parking regulations by both criminal remedies and civil penalties; adoption, by ordinance, of evidentiary rules to be used in enforcement actions; towing--when it is permitted and under what procedures; and the use of towing and criminal remedies in publicly owned off-street lots. It also questions whether earlier cases should be accorded the full weight of precedent.
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18333
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Almost all North Carolina local governments have outstanding indebtedness. Yet except for the very largest counties and cities, local governments issues new debt--bonds and notes--only infrequently. This article introduces the reader to the subject of local government debt, and the character and history of debt in North Carolina
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18182
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A shift in the definition of regionalism has come to North Carolina, where focus is no longer just on the county as a regional unit but on city-county consolidation and larger county cooperatives.
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18122
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East session of the North Carolina General Assembly enacts charters for several cities and towns. Since 1959, in practice, North Carolina cities and towns have sued two formats as model charters: the League of Municipalities and the Greensboro Model.
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18138
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In 1969, Governor Scott, by executive order, divided North Carolina into seventeen multi-county regions. One of several reasons for the order was to establish a framework by which the local governments of each region could create a regional organization. During the time since the Governor's order, the existing regional organizations have generally expanded their memberships and increased their programs; and new regional organizations have been created where there were previously lacking.
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18203
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State revenue is generated from both the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages. The author presents statistics concerning profits from alcohol from 1946 to the time of this article. Mr. Lawrence also analyzes the distribution of ABC stores and wealth accrued between different counties throughout the state for the purposes of proposing further legislation to increase state revenue.
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18213
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The Councils of Government was an organization promoting local government through a federally backed program. These councils consisted of locally elected officials organized into two categories; those groups meeting regularly for discussions and the others in charge of enacting changes proposed during the meetings of the first group. In the spring of 1969, these groups were surveyed and feedback from the Institute of Government's inquiries is presented in this article.
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18169
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Regulation of alcohol by the state varied between malt beverages/unfortified wines and liquor but both systems garnered revenue. Taxation of malt beverages and unfortified wines applied only to private individuals purchasing and maintaining permits for production. Liquor could not be produced by private citizens but was state controlled with counties and cities opening and operating stores.
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