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Feb-19-99 01:58P Coleman Gledhill Hargrave 919 732 7997 <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />Page 3 <br />February 19, 1999 <br />3. transfer of development rights; <br />P_04 <br />4 . ,. ,~tC~.ted 't~x~s ~ ~ ~ . ~,ral property <br />5. allowing farms enrolled in voluntary agricultural <br />districts to defer 50$ of their property taxes; <br />6. exempting farms in voluntary agricultural. districts <br />with land in conservation easements from property taxes on that. <br />land; <br />7, exempting farms enrolled in voluntary agricultural <br />districts from property taxes on farm buildings, machinery and <br />equipment. <br />The last four items are matters which must be done on a <br />Statewide basis. As you know, the Board has not adopted these <br />ideas as policy goals. I recommend that it do so before an <br />effort is made to go forward with legislation that would be <br />applicable Statewide. These legislative initiatives will have <br />the effect of broadening the voluntary agricultural districts' <br />Statewide program to include additional tax benefits. The fiscal <br />impact to Orange County and to other counties in North Carolina <br />may need assessment before these ideas are presented tv the <br />Legislature. I recommend that none of the above items be <br />presented for public hearing on March 3, 1999. <br />Y recommend that the Board request the introduction of the <br />following "public" (applicable Statewide) bills. <br />.'' Require other counties to reimburse Orange County for <br />Qr `bounty Sheriffs Department transportation expenses for <br />involuntary commitment of mental patients released or <br />transferred from UNC Hospitals when those patients reside in <br />other counties; <br />;!'"=°~s authority parallel to city authority to regulate <br />burning. <br />A bill providing for reimbursement to Orange County for the cost <br />to it of the Sheriff's transporting mental health patients is a <br />new initiative. As you know, there are several State hospitals <br />in North Carolina. The law presently provides that the County <br />doing the transportation must seek reimbursement for <br />transportation expenses from the patient {unless the patient is <br />indigent in which case the county of .residence is responsible). <br />The proposal is that the county of residence be responsible to <br />the county providing the transportation. This legislation would <br />"cut both ways" and would require Orange County to reimburse <br />