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UNC law professor Marcus Gadson discusses a proposed constitutional amendment on property taxes
University of North Carolina law professor Marcus Gadson (Photo: UNC.edu)
Unlike many others, North Carolina is not a “ballot initiative” state in which citizens can place constitutional amendments on the ballot by gathering enough signatures. Here, the power to advance constitutional amendments resides exclusively with the state legislature and right now, Republican lawmakers are proposing to do just that this fall with a proposal to limit the ability of local governments to set their property tax rates.
Like all tax cut proposals, this one is being couched as a boon to taxpayers that would…
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