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Needs-Based Public School Capital Fund
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Changes to County / School Dispute Resolution Process
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2018 System Development Fee Law Changes
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North Carolina Municipalities Authorized to Fund Schools
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CRFs for SDFs (aka Capital Reserve Funds for System Development Fees)
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Preauditing Electronic Transactions Just Got (A Little) Easier
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Statutory Internal Controls
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System Development Fees are the New Impact Fees
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Donations to Local Governments
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Municipalities (and Counties) Not Authorized to Charge Certain Impact (aka Capacity, System Development) Fees
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2016 Changes to Municipal Service District (MSD) Authority
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Providing Utility Services Outside Territorial Boundaries: Recent Developments
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State and Local Government Financial Data Transparency Law
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Water and Sewer District’s Impact Fee Powers
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Federal Agency Utility Customers and the Prompt Payment Act
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May a Tourism Development Authority (TDA) Borrow Money?
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Verifying A Utility Applicant’s Identification
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Expanded Motor Vehicle License Tax Authority for Municipalities
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2015 Powell Bill Changes
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Local Sales and Use Tax Changes and New State Revenue Sharing Requirement
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2015 Changes to Municipal Service District (MSD) Authority
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Legislature Limits Government Water Utilities’ Authority to Mandate Connections
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New Law Modernizes Preaudit and Disbursement Processes–Part II
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Richmond County Board of Education v. Cowell: Clear Proceeds of Improper Equipment Offense Surcharge Belongs to Public Schools
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Local Government Impact Fee Authority for Public Enterprises Revisited
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Local Government Utilities and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act—Part I: Notice Requirements
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New Law Modernizes the Preaudit and Disbursement Processes — Part I
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Transferring Money from an Enterprise Fund: Authority, Limitations, and Consequences
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Notices and Public Participation in the Budgeting Process
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Public School Funding Dispute Resolution Process Revisited
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Determining Local Board of Elections Director’s Salary
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Special Purpose Local Governments and Public Authorities
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Mayor Learns a Harsh E-Discovery Lesson
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Levying Special Assessments to Fund Public Infrastructure
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Expending Funds After the End of the Fiscal Year
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Expanded Solid Waste Fee Authority for Counties? Probably Not
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Coates’ Canons Turns 5
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Do North Carolina Local Governments Have Authority to Assess Impact Fees for Water and Sewer Public Enterprises?
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Do Local Governments have Federal Constitutional Rights?
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Interim Budget
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Allocating Operating Monies Among Local School Unit Funds: Local Current Expense Fund vs. Fund 8
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Disbursing Public Funds
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Preauditing Employee Salaries and Wages
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Security for a Local Government Loan
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Special Assessments for Economic Development Projects
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The Perils of Preauditing P-Cards (and Other Electronic Payment Methods)
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Recent Amendments to Special Assessment Authority
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County Funding of Public Schools: Dispute Resolution Process
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Local Government Budgeting Options when Revenue Streams are Uncertain
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Court of Appeals Reaffirms New Interpretation of Pre-audit Requirement
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Text Messages as Public Records
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What is a Synthetic Project Development Financing (aka Synthetic TIF)?
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Local Governments Now Allowed to Charge Fees for Accepting Credit and Charge Card Payments
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Financing Capital Projects–Part II: Special Levies
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Daily Deposit Requirement
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A New Interpretation of the Preaudit Requirement
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Capital Reserve Funds Revisited
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Financing Capital Projects—Part I: “Saving” through Fund Balance and Capital Reserve Funds
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Accountability Requirements for Certain Entities that Receive Appropriations from Local Governments
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Legislature May Not Deny Eligible At-Risk Kids Access to State Pre-Kindergarten Program
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Local Government Commission (LGC) Approval of Contracts, Leases, and Other (Non-Debt) Financing Agreements
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Internal Controls: Who Is Authorized to Open a Bank Account and to Deposit and Disburse Public Funds?
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Prohibition on Certain Contingent Fee Audit Contracts
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FAQs on Adopting the Budget Ordinance
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Local Government Authority to Loan Money
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Outsourcing Local Government Communications: Implications of the Federal Stored Communications Act
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Query That! Public Records Requirements Regarding Database Queries
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Debt Financing Primer: Enhanced Security for Project Development Financings
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Water and Sewer Availability Fees
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Local Sales and Use Tax Distributions: Where Does the Money Go?
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Finance Officer Fidelity Bonds: When Are Multiple Bonds Required?
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Locally-Collected Fines & Penalties: Calculating and Distributing Clear Proceeds
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Locally-Collected Penalties & Fines: What Monies Belong to the Public Schools?
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E-Discovery in North Carolina Courts: An Overview of Recent Amendments to the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure
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Metadata, E-Discovery, and E-Public Records in North Carolina
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State Funding for Municipal Road Projects: Powell Bill Funds
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County Funding for Charter Schools: Sugar Creek Charter School, Inc. v. State of North Carolina
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County Commissioners’ Control Over Local Board of Elections’ Employees
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New Municipal Broadband Limitations
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Amending a Newly Adopted Budget Ordinance Before July 1
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Debt Financing Primer for Local Governments: Installment Finance Agreements
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Municipal and County Service Districts
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Fire Tax Districts vs. Fire Insurance Districts
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Disconnecting Utility Services for Non-Utility Fee (and Tax) Delinquencies
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Required Municipal Services
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Funding Capital Projects in a BID (Business Improvement District)
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Funding Options for Municipal Fire Services
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Is Metadata a Public Record? An Analysis Under Federal FOIA
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County Fire Tax Districts
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Limitations on the Collection and Use of Social Security Numbers by Local Government Utilities
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Does the Red Flags Rule (Still) Apply to Local Government Utilities?
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Altering Local Elected Officials’ Compensation During the Fiscal Year
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Two-thirds Bonds
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Discontinuing Utility Services when Customer Files for Bankruptcy
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Is Metadata a Public Record? Case Law Update
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Funding Solid Waste Services
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Utility Bill Postcards
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Modifications to Local Energy Financing Authority
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(Electronic) Notice of Subdivision Construction Development Fees Revisited
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Changes to Statewide 911 System that Impact Local Governments
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Redistribution of Lottery Fund Proceeds Results in Loss of Revenue to Counties for Public School Construction Projects
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Legality of Non-Voted Debt to Finance Capital Projects
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Local Government Appropriations/Grants to Private Entities
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New(er) County Revenue Sources – Local Land Transfer Tax and Local Sales and Use Tax
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Federal Red Flags Rule Enforcement Delayed Again
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Top Ten Questions about the Local Public School Budgeting Process
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County Responsibility for Public School Funding
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A Guide to Business Improvement Districts in North Carolina
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Is Metadata a Public Record? Part 2
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Is Metadata a Public Record?: Part 1
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Application of Stam v. State to Local Governments’ Employee Health Insurance Coverage of “Medically Unnecessary” Abortion Procedures
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Who’s Responsible for the Utility Bill?: Collection Remedies for Non-Payment by Tenant
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Levying the Property Tax: Earmarking Tax Revenue for Specific Purposes
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A Look at North Carolina’s Constitutional Public Purpose Requirement
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Local Governments and their “In House” Counsel Not Immune from E-Discovery Sanctions
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Authorized Local Government Financing Programs for Energy Efficiency Improvements and Distributed Generation Renewable Energy Sources on Private Property
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Disclosing Utility Customer Billing Information
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Transfers between an Enterprise Fund and the General Fund
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Assessing Surcharges on Credit Card Payments
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Local Governments, Public Authorities, and the Red Flags Rule: Does it Apply?
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New Electronic Notice of Imposition or Increase in Fees Applicable to Construction of Development: Part II
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New Electronic Notice of Imposition or Increase in Fees Applicable to Construction of Development: Part I
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New Special Assessment Authority for Local Governments
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NC Supreme Court Weighs in on Local Funding Scheme for Public Schools
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Impending Local Sales and Use Tax Changes: The Final Phase of Medicaid Funding Reform Legislation
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Utility Rate Discounts – Can a local government cut its utility customers a break?
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New Utility Debt Collection Restrictions Actually Expand Collection Authority
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Amending the Budget Ordinance—
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