(a) Authority. – If the majority of those voting in a referendum held pursuant to this Article vote for the levy of the tax, the board of county commissioners may, by resolution and after 10 days’ public notice, levy a local sales and use tax at a rate of one-quarter percent (0.25%).

(b) Vote. – The board of county commissioners may direct the county board of elections to conduct an advisory referendum on the question of whether to levy a local sales and use tax in the county as provided in this Article. The election shall be held in accordance with the procedures of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-287, except that the election shall not be held within one year from the date of the last preceding election under this section.

(c) Ballot Question. – The form of the question to be presented on a ballot for a special election concerning the levy of the tax authorized by this Article shall be:

“[  ] FOR       [  ] AGAINST

Local sales and use tax at the rate of one-quarter percent (0.25%) in addition to all other State and local sales and use taxes.”

(d) Repealed by Session Laws 2014-3, s. 14.22, effective May 29, 2014. (2007-323, s. 31.17(b); 2013-381, s. 10.14; 2014-3, s. 14.22; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, ss. 3.1(a), (b), 6.1; 2019-169, s. 3.8(a).)