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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 74 <br />A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT <br />THE NORTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />CONSIDER PROPOSING LEGISLATION OF STATEWIDE APPLICABILITY <br />ON CERTAIN ISSUES FOR CONSIDERATION DURING THE 1999 SESSION OF <br />THE NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY <br />WHEREAS, the North Carolina General Assembly will convene in January 1999 to consider legislative <br />matters during its Long Session; and <br />WHEREAS, the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners will consider and adopt a slate of <br />legislative goals that will serve as the basis for various pieces of draft legislation, applicable on a <br />statewide basis, to be presented for consideration by the General Assembly in 1999; and <br />WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners has identified a number of legislative changes <br />that, if adopted, it believes will contribute to the public good and benefit the citizens of Orange County <br />specifically and the State of North Carolina generally; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Orange County Board of Commissioners that it does <br />hereby convey to the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners its request that its legislative <br />concerns, as enumerated below, be incorporated into draft legislation applicable to counties throughout <br />North Carolina, and be presented to the North Carolina General Assembly within the timeframes <br />established by that body for consideration in 1999; <br />^ Opposition to measures to restrict annual increase in the valttation of real property to 2% <br />^ Require utility providers to gain county approval for utility route selections <br />^ County authority to levy land transfer taxes <br />^ Expanded menu of county revenue sources <br />^ Authority for counties to levy additional sales taxes <br />^ Increased State role in paying the costs of Medicaid <br />^ Restoring growth in reimbursements for lost local property tax revenue <br />^ State funding for increased school utility costs <br />^ Local government exemption from State sales taxes (to supplant current reimbursement approach) <br />^ Increased court fees to provide counties with revenue for court facilities <br />^ Increased Medicare reimbursements for County EMS bills <br />^ Streamline the design and bidding processes for new school construction <br />AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chair is authorized to convey this resolution to the North <br />Carolina Association of County Commissioners by means of a letter which elaborates on Orange <br />County's concerns and recommendations, to the extent the Chair deems that necessary and appropriate. <br />This, the 6`" day of October, 1998. <br />
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