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s~~a,,~ <br />~ rm~ s <br />~.Q~~ State of North Carolina <br />Department of State Treasurer <br />JANET cowErt. State and Local Government Finance Division <br />TREASURER and the Local Government Commission <br />INTRODUCTION <br />T. VANCE HOLLOMAN <br />DEPUTY TREASURER <br />This Official Statement, including the cover page and the appendices hereto, is intended to fur- <br />nish information in connection with the public invitation for bids for the purchase of $9,760,000* <br />General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2009 (the "Bonds"), of the County of Orange, North <br />Carolina (the "County"). <br />The information furnished herein includes a brief description of the County and its economic <br />conditions, government, debt management, tax structure, financial operations, budget, pension <br />plans and contingent liabilities. The County has assisted the Local Government Commission of <br />North Carolina (the "Commission") in gathering and assembling the information contained herein. <br />This Official Statement does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy <br />any securities other than the Bonds offered hereby, nor shall there be any offer or solicitation of such <br />offer or sale of the Bonds in any jurisdiction in which it is unlawful for such person to make such <br />offer, solicitation or sale. Neither the delivery of this Official Statement nor the sale of any of the <br />Bonds implies that the information herein is correct as of any date subsequent to the date hereof. <br />The information contained herein is subject to change after the date of this Official Statement, and <br />this Official Statement speaks only as of~its date. <br />This Official Statement is deemed to be a final official statement with respect to the Bonds <br />within the meaning of Rule 15c2-12 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under <br />the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Rule"), except, when it is in preliminary form, <br />for the omission of certain pricing and other information to be made available by the successful bid- <br />der or bidders for the Bonds to the Commission. In accordance with the requirements of such Rule, <br />the County will agree in a resolution to be adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the County <br />prior to the sale of the Bonds to certain continuing disclosure obligations. See the caption "Continu- <br />ing Disclosure" herein. <br />THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION OF NORTH CAROLINA <br />The Commission, a division of the Department of State Treasurer, State of North Carolina (the <br />"State"), is a State agency that supervises the issuance of the bonded indebtedness of all units of lo- <br />cal government and assists these units in the area of fiscal management. Appendix A to this Official <br />Statement contains additional information concerning the Commission and its functions. <br />20 <br />*Preliminary, subject to change. <br />