Source: Tim Buckland, WILMINGTON STAR-NEWS, 3/27/17

Brunswick County's two members of the N.C. House have filed a bill that would allow the county or any of its municipalities to collect a sales tax on prepared food to pay for beach nourishment or other public projects. State Rep. Frank Iler, R-Brunswick, said he filed the bill at the request of the city of Southport. House Bill 398 would allow Brunswick County to adopt a sales tax of up to 0.5 percent...

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