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Orange County Board of Commissioners Page 2 March 27, 1998 18 Lee and Kinnaird and Representatives Allred, Cole, Hackney, Insko and Reynolds. Orange County will need approval of each of these Legislators for any local bill to be introduced during the Short Session. It is further the historical requirement of the members of the Orange County legislative delegation that Orange County conduct a public hearing on any local bill to be introduced in the General Assembly to insure that there's public awareness of the local bill and that the bill is not controversial at the local level. The local bill presented in the 1997 Orange Omnibus Act (House Bill 758 and Senate Bill 632) containing Orange County's local initiatives for 1997 is not eligible for consideration during the Short Session. We were able to get the entertainment tax portion through a House Committee but that's as far as it got. None of the other Orange County legislative initiatives for the regular 1997 Session moved at all. I have been working with Representative Insko and Allen Spault on one of those legislative initiatives, the one related to pesticide regulations. Our tact on that bill is to try to make headway on a Statewide basis and we will continue to work in that direction. There seems to be no opportunity to get a local bill related to regulating pesticides through the legislative process. I'll keep you up to date on progress, if any, on this front. As to all other initiatives in the 1997 Orange County Omnibus Act, I doubt they would pass the noncontroversial test. My recommendation would be that the County not pursue any of those initiatives during the Short Session but rather move forward with them again during the 1999 Session of the General Assembly. Many of the new legislative initiatives that have been presented for consideration by the Board of County Commissioners seem to me to be problematic in the Short Session. This is so either because they may be controversial or they may take too much time to move through the legislative process. My recommendation at this time is that most of these requests be taken up during the 1999 Session of the General Assembly along with last year's Orange County local initiatives. A list of potential Orange County legislative issues known now will be presented to you on March 31, 1998 for consideration. There are several legislative initiatives which may be successful during the Short Session. 1. N.C. Gen. Stat. ~ 153A-15 generally requires the consent of the board of county commissioners of County "A" before County "B" or a city located outside of County "A" can acquire land or condemn land in County "A". That law, although not a