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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 5, 2003 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~="~ <br />SUBJECT• Notice of Public Hearing on Orange County's 2003 Legislative Agenda <br />DEPARTMENT: County Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Commissioner Barry Jacobs <br />Commissioner Steve Halkiotis <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To provide notice of the Board of County Commissioners' plans to hold a public <br />hearing on March 24, 2003 on potential items for inclusion in Orange County's legislative <br />agenda package for the 2003 North Carolina General Assembly Session. <br />BACKGROUND: The Board of County Commissioners will. hold a public hearing on Monday, <br />March 24, 2003 at 7:30 p.m. in the F. Gordon Battle Courtroom at the New Courthouse in <br />Hillsborough, North Carolina. The purpose of the public hearing will be to receive public <br />comments on potential items for inclusion in Orange County's legislative agenda package for <br />the 2003 North Carolina General Assembly Session. <br />The Legislative Issues Task Force has been reviewing items for possible inclusion in Orange <br />County's legislative package and will be providing information to the BOCC on the proposed <br />items prior to the meeting. With the North Carolina Senate's deadline for introduction of local <br />bills set for Wednesday, March 19, 2003, the Task Force has requested that the BOCC ask <br />Orange County's legislative delegation to introduce two blank bills in both the North Carolina <br />House and North Carolina Senate. One blank bill in each legislative body would be for the <br />possible inclusion of potential items requesting funding or having financial implications. The <br />other bill would be for the possible inclusion of potential non-financial items. <br />Two other legislative deadlines of note are the Senate's introduction of public bills deadline of <br />April 2, 2003 and the Senate's April 24, 2003 deadline for bills to "cross-over" from the House. <br />The House has not designated any deadlines at this point, but will likely follow similar dates as <br />the Senate. <br />It should also be noted that the Clerk to the Board is currently in the process of scheduling a <br />joint legislative breakfast for the BOCC and Orange County's legislative delegation. The <br />