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62 <br />adding provisions to require the Division of Motor Vehicles to provide Social Security <br />numbers of the owners of registered motor vehicles that have been blocked from registration <br />to the county tax collector, and <br />providing fora 2% penalty in the first month that taxes on registered motor vehicles are past <br />due. <br />VI. GENERAL GOVERNMENT <br />911 Surcharge Flexibility <br />Support legislation to increase flexibility in the use of fees generated for Emergency 911 in order <br />to expand the ability of counties to enhance these services. <br />Budgeting Process of NC General Assembly <br />Support legislation to provide for a study of ways to improve the coordination between state and <br />local budget timetables and processes, in such azeas as education, social services, mental health, <br />and public health; particulazly in situations where extended legislative sessions increase the <br />difficulty of such coordination. <br />Municipal Annexation and Incorporation <br />Support legislation to: <br />• establish higher levels of services and improved coordination between cities and counties in <br />meeting local governmental services needs of the state's citizens by requiring that cities not <br />be allowed to annex territory where all chief services aze in place or unless there is in place a <br />long range services plan for extending their chief services to surrounding azeas experiencing, <br />or projected to experience, urban growth. These should be joint city-county plans that also <br />cover the chief county services; <br />• modify existing annexation statutes to enhance their openness and responsiveness to citizen <br />concerns; <br />• modify the annexation process to make it as fair and orderly as possible and to remove <br />unnecessary procedural requirements that accomplish no benefit for any interested party; <br />• extend the period of time for which a city that annexes into an area served by a volunteer fire <br />department may contract with the volunteer department, beyond the current 5 year limit; and <br />• prohibit the incorporation decision making body from making a positive recommendation <br />unless the area to be incorporated submits a plan for providing a reasonable level of <br />municipal services, to include at least four of the following: fire protection, garbage and <br />refuse collection or disposal; water distribution; sewer collection or disposal; street <br />maintenance; construction or right o way acquisition; street lighting; adoption of citywide <br />planning and zoning. <br />