Each county and municipality is authorized to make appropriations for the purposes of this Article and to fund them by levy of property taxes pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-149 and 160A-209 and by the allocation of other revenues whose use is not otherwise restricted by law.  Sanitary districts are authorized to make appropriations for the purposes of this Article and to fund them by annual levy of a tax on property having a situs in the district under the rules and according to the procedures prescribed in the Machinery Act (Chapter 105, Subchapter II) and by the allocation of other revenues whose use is not otherwise restricted by law. (1973, c. 803, s. 4.)