Property Tax Levy Limit AmendmentConstitutional amendment · Put on the ballot by lawmakers
Limit local property tax increases
Explain it like I'm 5
This would require state lawmakers to make rules limiting how fast cities and counties can increase property-tax collections. It is like requiring a speed limit, while letting lawmakers decide the speed later.
Yes vote
The constitution would require the General Assembly to pass laws limiting increases in local property-tax collections.
No vote
The constitution would not require those new statewide limits.
The question to ask yourself
Do you prefer statewide limits on local tax growth or greater local control over funding services?
The case for
- Could make property-tax increases more predictable for homeowners.
- Could protect taxpayers from sharp growth in local tax collections.
- Requires lawmakers to address property-tax growth statewide.
Backed by: Republican legislators, John Locke Foundation
The case against
- The amendment does not state the actual limit or exceptions.
- Limits could reduce funding for local services.
- It gives state lawmakers more control over local budgets.
Opposed by: NC Budget & Tax Center, North Carolina Association of County Commissioners, League of Women Voters of North Carolina
- Money
- The amendment itself has no direct cost, and its future tax effect is not estimated because lawmakers would write the limits later.
- Don't be misled
- It does not immediately lower or freeze individual tax bills, because the amendment sets no percentage limit and future laws would define the rules.