HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-1997-013 Resolution Adoption of 1997 Orange County Legislative Goals - Occupancy Tax ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL
ASSEMBLY ENACT LEGISLATION TO APPLY OCCUPANCY TAXES TO
FACILITIES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA IN ORANGE COUNTY
ON THE SAME BASIS AS FOR PRIVATE HOTELS AND MOTELS
BE IT RESOLVED, by the Orange County Board of Commissioners that
the Board requests :
1 . that the General Assembly adopt legislation in the 1997
session to revise the County ' s occupancy tax to apply to
University facilities in Orange County on the same basis as the
occupancy tax applies to private accommodations fo-r transient
occupancy;
2 . that this legislation be prepared so as not to create a tax
liability for the University under the federal tax codes; and
3 . that the bill be prepared in consultation with University
representatives in order to ensure that the latter objective is
achieved, as well as in consultation with the Town of Chapel Hill
and Orange County.
Upon motion of Commissioner Brown seconded by
Commissioner Halkiotis , the foregoing resolution was
adopted this the 18th day of March, 1997 .
I, Beverly A. Blythe, Clerk to the Board of Commissioners
for the County of Orange, North Carolina, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that
the foregoing is a true copy of so much of the proceedings of
said Board at a meeting held on March 18, 1997 as relates in any
way to the adoption of the foregoing and that said proceedings
are recorded in Minute Book No . 28 of the minutes of said
Board.
WITNF,SS my hand and the seal of said County, this 18th day
of Marc 1997 .
Clerk to th Board of Co ssioners
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