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~~AN~ BOUNTY BOARD ~F O~l~itONER ~T~D~1 AE~VDA STEM ABTRAT ~~~f ing Da#; April ~ ~, ~~ 1 ~ Action Agenda Ifet~ Nv. ~ UBJET~ Resolution Bxpring Orange Count's Opposition To Senate Bill ~~ and House Bill 7~ Regarding Redirection of Excise Tax Proceeds Away frorn North Carolina Parks and Recreation Trust Fund and Natural Heritage Trust Fund DEPARTENT~ County Manager PUB~.1 HEARING: ~YIN~ No ATTACI~MENT~~: 1NFOR~~IT~ON D~NTADT: Draft Resolution Cornrnissioner Barry Jacobs, 4~~~o Senate Bill 4~ ~ Edition ~ Frank Cliftor~~ County Manager, X45-~~~ House Biii 5~4 ~- Edition ~ PURPOSE. To approve resolution expressing Orange County's opposition to Senate Bill 4~ ~~4rr Act ~o ~o~~er ~~for~able ~oui~r 7~~ror~h ~'~ui~b~e ~~~rr"b~ior~ of the ~xoie pax} and House Bill 5~4 ~Ar~ Act ~o N~o~ify the ~i~r~bu~~or~ of Pr~ocee~ o~ ~ha ~'x~e 7'ax ~evie~ ors ~rr~~rurr~~ ~y UV~~o#~ ~r~~eref irr F~e~ ~'~o~er~y are orr~e~~re~ fa A~o~}~er~ -~ ar any sir~ilar legislation which reduces funding to the North Carolina Parks and Recreation Trust Fund ~PARTF} and the Natural Heritage Trust Fund ~NHTF~. BAD~[ROUN~: The Board of Cor~rnissioners held a public hearing on February ~, ~0~ ~ on potential items far inclusion in Orange County's legislative agenda package far the 20~~ North Carolina General Assembly Session. After the public hearing} the Board reviewed and approved multiple resolutions and associated r~aterial that requested Orange County's legislative deleg~tian introduce certain bills and expressed Orange bounty's positions on various legislative issues. It was noted at that tune that new issues may arise in the ensuing months necessitating additional BOCC review, and the Board has already addressed two issues since February `l . At the larch 1 } 2g~ ~ regular rr~eeting, the Board appraveal a Resolution in Opposition to Senate Bill 8 y No Cap on Number of Charter Schools ~ requesting changes to the proposed bill and opposition to the bill if those changes did not occur. The Beard also, at the April , ~0~ ~ regular meeting approved a resolution opposing State funding reductions #or local health departments which were proposed to the General Asser~bly in Governor Beverly Perdue's recommended budget. Boring other discussion at the April 0~~ Board meeting, Commissioner Berry Jacobs requested that the Board consider an additional legislative item - a resolution opposing Senate Bill 46~ and House Bill ~l4 as noted above. These bills call for identical actions to be taken regarding the distribution of proceeds franc the excise tax collecteal by county registers of deed on transfers of road property.