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LAW OFFICES <br />COLEMAN, GLEDHILL & HARGRAVE <br />A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION <br />129 E. TRYON STREET <br />P. O. DRAWER 1529 <br />HIL SIMOUGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27278 <br />919- 732 -2196 <br />FAX 919. 732.7997 <br />May 22, 1997 <br />Representative Joe Hackney <br />Representative Verla C. Insko <br />Senator Eleanor Kinnaird <br />Senator Howard Lee <br />State Legislative Building <br />Raleigh, North Carolina 27611 <br />RE: Legislation Affecting Orange County <br />Dear Representatives and Senators: <br />9 <br />FROM THE DESK OF <br />GEOFFREY E. GLEDHILL <br />The Board of Commissioners of Orange County has asked me to <br />transmit the enclosed resolutions opposing and supporting certain <br />legislative initiatives in the General Assembly. One of these <br />requests is that you seek amendment to and that you support <br />Senate Bill 469, Senator Hartsell's local revenue option bill. <br />The local revenue raised under Senate Bill 469 could only be used <br />for school construction and would authorize revenue sources as <br />alternatives to debt service to finance badly needed school <br />construction projects. <br />Orange County has previously requested a local bill enabling <br />it to enact a transfer tax. The Board of Commissioners <br />understands that Orange County's Omnibus Bill introduced in the <br />Senate, including the transfer tax, may not move out of the <br />Senate Rules Committee. And, the committee substitute of the <br />House version of the County Omnibus Bill still under <br />consideration does not include a transfer tax. As an alternative <br />to pursuing a transfer tax in the two Orange County Omnibus <br />Bills, the Orange County Board of Commissioners requests that you <br />seek amendment to Senator Hartsell's bill to include Orange <br />County. <br />