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A motor vehicle of the private passenger type, including a passenger van, minivan, or sport utility vehicle. b.~. A motor vehicle of the cargo type, including cargo van, pickup truck, or truck with a gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or less used predominantly in the transportation of property for other than commercial freight and that does not require the operator to possess a commercial drivers license. c_. A trailer or semitrailer with a gross vehicle weight of 6,000 pounds or less. (2) Short-term lease or rental. -- Defined in G.S. 105-187.1(4). (f) The penalties and remedies that apply to local sales and use taxes levied under Subchapter VIII of this Chapter apply to a tax levied under this section. The county board of commissioners may exercise any power the Secretary of Revenue may exercise in collecting local sales and use tax-es." . Section 3. Chapter 160A of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read: "§ 160A-215.1. Gross receipts tax on short-term leases or rentals. (a) As a substitute for and in replacement of the ad valorem tax, which is excluded by O.S. 105-275(41), a city may lewa gross receipts tax on the gross receipts from the short-term lease or rental of vehicles at retail to the general public. The tax rate shall not exceed one and one-half percent (1.5%) of the gross receipts from such short-term leases or rentals. This tax on gross receipts is in addition to the privilege taxes authorized bv G.S. 160A-211. (b) If a city enacts the substitute and replacement gross receipts tax pursuant to this section, any entity required to collect the tax shall include a provision in each retail short-term lease'or rental agreement noting that the Dercentage amount enacted bv the city of the total lease or rental price, excluding sales tax. is being charged as a tax on gross receipts. For purposes of this section, the transaction giving rise to the tax shall be deemed to have occurred at the location of the entity from which the customer takes delivery of the vehicle. The tax shall be collected at the time of lease or rental and placed in a segregated account until remitted to the c/tv. (c) The collection and use of taxes under this section are not subiect to sales tax and are not included in the gross receipts of the entity. The proceeds collected under this section belong to the city and are not subject to creditor liens against the entity. (d) A tax levied under this section shall be collected bv the city but otherwise administered in the same manner as the tax levied under G.S. 105-164.4(a)(2). (e) The following definitions apptv in this section: (1) Vehicle. -- Any of the following: a...~ A motor vehicle of the private passenger type, including a passenger van, minivan, or.sport utility vehicle. b...~. A motor vehicle' of .the cargo _type, including cargo van. pickup truck, or truck with a gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or less used predominantly in the transportation of property for other than commercial freight and that does not "-- require the operator to possess a commercial drivers license. c~ A trailer or semitrailer with a gross vehicle weight of 6,000 pounds or less. (2) Short-term lease or rental. -- Defined in G.S. 105-187.1. (f) The penalties and remedies that applTq to local sales and use taxes levied under Subchapter VIII of this Chapter apply to a tax levied under this section. The governing body of the city may exercise any power the Secretary of Revenue may exercise in collecting local sales and use taxes." Page 2 Senate Bill 1076