North Carolina Property-tax amendment: Local property-tax levy limits
North Carolina · Constitutional amendment · Taxes · Statewide decision
Explanation reviewed 2026-10-27. AI-written and checked against linked official evidence; not an election-office summary.
AI-written summary
Would require the legislature to limit increases in local property-tax levies by general law, while allowing exceptions. The ballot amendment does not itself state a single numerical cap.
What applies now
The constitution does not require the proposed general-law limits on local property-tax levy growth.
If yes / for
Require the legislature to establish levy-growth limits.
If no / against
Keep the existing constitutional framework.
Costs and funding
No verified fiscal estimate recorded in this baseline. This does not mean there is no cost.
Timing
Upon certification of the referendum results.
Passage rule
A majority of votes cast on the amendment.
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