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10 <br />33)Support legislation that continues the current level of <br />State funding for-all existing positions in County Soil <br />and Water Conservation offices; <br />34)Support legislation requiring county commissioner <br />approval for any proposed exercise of eminent domain <br />power by any utility operating in a deregulated <br />environment; <br />35)Support legislation enabling process free transfers of <br />equipment and supplies from one unit of local government <br />to another during emergencies/natural disasters; <br />36)Support amending the annexation laws to require <br />consultation with counties, including joint city-county <br />public hearings, on any proposed annexation, and to <br />provide planning and revenue option incentives to county <br />and municipal governments that enter into cooperative <br />planning agreements; <br />37)Support legislation to Broaden Local Government <br />Authority to Enact Laws to Protect Public Health, Safety <br />& Welfare (Senate Bill 160); <br />38)Support legislation to prohibit the issuance or <br />execution of open burning permits on high ozone alert <br />days to help avoid North Carolina, Region J, becoming a <br />non-attainment area (Code Orange, Red and .Purple Days); <br />10 <br />