North Carolina’s highest court will decide whether Currituck County has authority to spend occupancy tax money for public safety and emergency services.
The North Carolina Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Feb. 17 in a case challenging Currituck County’s use of local occupancy tax money.
Groups tied to North Carolina’s travel and tourism industry are backing a lawsuit against Currituck County at the state’s highest court. The suit from local taxpayers contends that county commissioners have violated state law when spending occupancy tax money.
Local taxpayers challenging Currituck County’s use of its occupancy tax proceeds made their case Friday to the North Carolina Supreme Court. The taxpayers urge the high court to uphold a lower court ruling against the county.
Currituck County officials defend their decisions about how to spend occupancy tax proceeds in a new court filing at North Carolina’s highest court. A lower court ruled against the county last year in a lawsuit filed by local taxpayers.
The North Carolina Supreme Court will take a case involving a challenge to Currituck County’s occupancy tax spending. The state’s second-highest court ruled against the county in March 2024.
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Plaintiffs challenging Currituck County’s occupancy tax spending are asking the state Supreme Court to reject the county’s recent appeal. The state’s second-highest court ruled against the county in March.
Currituck County and its Tourism Development Authority want North Carolina’s highest court to consider a dispute involving local occupancy taxes. The state Court of Appeals ruled against the county in March.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court ruling protecting the Mid-Currituck toll bridge from a challenge by environmental groups. The unanimous appellate panel agreed with the trial court that the N.C. Department of Transportation and the federal government did not violate federal law in approving the bridge.
The state legislature has passed a safety measure that requires North Carolina rental homes to reduce or eliminate the space between elevator doors and the “landing” door inside a home. That space would have to be less than four inches wide. This would apply to short-term vacation rental homes. The bill now goes to Gov....
