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20570
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A number of North Carolina cities and towns are seeking to attract new business by offering incentive grants linked to property taxes. This means that a business that invests money in a new plant and equipment would receive property tax relief for a specified number of years. In essence the local government is refunding part of the taxes paid on property and creating a partial exception of the property from taxation. This bulletin examines whether such action is legal under the NC Constitution.
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3403
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1997 General Assembly legislation makes changes to the open meetings law and the public's access to government records. Effective October 1, 1997, public bodies meeting in closed session must keep a general account of what transpired, for those not there.
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2861
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Cities are required by statute to provide utilities to annexed areas. However, they have the discretion to consider factors like remoteness of a person asking for service and cost of service extension when granting or refusing service requests.
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2998
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The 1996 General Assembly short session made significant advancement in solid waste management through extensive revision of the Solid Waste Management Act of 1989. The revisions are effective October 1, 1996.
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2505
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The General Assembly, through Chapter 388 of the 1995 Session Laws (SB 426), sought to answer questions on accessing and copying public records, which previous legislation did not satisfactorily answer.
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1605
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The issue is the extent to which individual elected local government officials can be held liable for voting for or approving an illegal or improper expenditure of public funds in North Carolina.
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20544
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This bulletin addresses two questions: 1) can a citizen refuse to provide his or her Social Security account number to the government, and if so, when? and 2) once a government has acquired a person's social security number, is that number a public record, accessible to anyone who cares to ask?
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20554
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The 1994 NC General Assembly enacted Chapter 570 (HB 120), which makes significant changes to the state's open meetings law. The major changes are made in two areas of the statute--first, in the definition of public body, the type of group subject to the statute, and second, in the authorizations to hold closed sessions.
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28729
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This bulletin addresses questions about when a local government can request or require social security numbers, and what happens when a citizen refuses to provide this number to the government. Federal statutes and general public records law in North Carolina are discussed.
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28736
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The 1994 North Carolina General Assembly made changes to the open meetings law, including the definition of a public body, and authorizations to hold closed sessions. This bulletin discusses the changes and identifies some of the areas of uncertainty.
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1242
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North Carolina's criminal law prohibits self-dealing, which is when the mayor or members of a city council contract with the city to provide services. There exists one exception to this prohibition: self-dealing is allowed in cities with fewer than 7,500 residents.
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28726
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The 1993 North Carolina General Assembly enacted a new statute for records compiled during law-enforcement investigations. This bulletin offers a number of observations on specific provisions in the statute regarding confidentiality and public access to information.
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1035
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The News and Observer Publishing Co. v. Poole court case forced the North Carolina Supreme Court to take its first extended look at the public records statute.
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20538
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This bulletin discusses the definition of real estate transaction under the current regulations in the context of certain uniquely governmental transactions and outlines the reporting requirements to be fulfilled by the reporting person.
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20522
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G.S. 160A-195uthorizes cities to regulate the speed of trains within city limits. This bulletin discusses two recent federal district court cases that strongly suggest that this authority may now have been preempted by regulations of the Federal Railroad Administration. It also suggests ways that cities that wish to keep their regulations may appeal the court decisions.
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