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11 <br />Authorize counties to offer broadband through partnership or direct service -Seek legislation to <br />authorize counties to provide high-speed Internet through direct county service or public-private <br />partnerships. <br />Eliminate Second Primary and Run-Off Elections -Seek legislation to eliminate second primary and run- <br />off elections. <br />Authorize Electronic Notice of Public Hearings and Other Legal Notices -Seek legislation to provide <br />counties with options for notice of public hearings, notice of delinquent taxpayers, and other legal <br />notices, through electronic means. <br />Repeal Public Employee Personnel Record Changes -Repeal HB 961 and seek legislation that will better <br />clarify issues regarding privacy of public employee personnel records and release of other public <br />records. <br />Protect privacy of citizen email notification and distribution lists -Seek legislation to protect the <br />privacy of email notification and distribution lists of citizens who have requested electronic <br />communication with their local governments. <br />Modernize public records retention -Seek legislation to modernize public records retention to permit <br />records storage in digital format. <br />Support Rural Transportation Planning Organizations (RPOs) -Support legislation to maintain the <br />funding for rural transportation planning organizations (RPOs). <br />Reform Workers' Compensation -Reform Workers' Compensation -Support legislation to reform <br />North Carolina Workers' Compensation system to reduce disability findings and open-ended streams of <br />payment, to address the trend in favor of long-term disability findings, to diminish control over these <br />findings on the part of claimants and their legal representatives, and to curtail adoption of rules that <br />limit return-to-work efforts. <br />Oppose Contributory Negligence Tort Reform -Oppose tort reform legislation that would overburden <br />county budgetary constraints, unfairly shift fault to counties, or increase demand for court facilities. <br />Promote Utilization of 911 Centers by Protecting Confidentiality -Seek legislation to promote the <br />reporting of criminal activity by protecting the confidentiality of callers by using either transcripts or <br />voice-altered recordings to prevent recognition and to make appropriate amendments to public records <br />laws. <br />