AN ACT to ALLOW the icard fire district to levy an ad valorem tax at the general law rate.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  The Board of Commissioners of Burke County may levy a tax under Article 3A of Chapter 69 of the General Statutes in the Icard Fire District at a rate not exceeding fifteen cents (15¢) on the one hundred dollar ($100.00) valuation of property, for the purpose of providing fire protection in that district.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 27th day of June, 2002.

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		 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

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		 James B. Black
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives