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<br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE <br />FOR <br />MONDAY, MARCH 24, 2003 AT 7:30 P.M. <br />A public hearing will be held on the following list of potential legislative items for the 2003 North Cazolina <br />General Assembly Session: <br />• Cigazette Tax and Alcohol Tax Increase <br />• Closing of Tax Loopholes <br />• Local School System Utility Costs <br />• Local Revenue Options <br />• Reinstatement of the Public School Capital Building Fund <br />• State Reimbursements to Local Govemments <br />• Billboazd Advertisements on Interstate 40 <br />• .Funding for Rural Planning Organizations <br />• Unpaved Roads in Post-1975 Subdivisions <br />• Social Services Funding <br />• County Financial Responsibility for Children Needing Residential Mental Health Treatment <br />• Criminal Justice Paztnership and Dispute Settlement Centers Funding <br />• Mental Health Reform Funding and De-institutionalization Costs <br />• In-Home Services for Seniors Funding <br />• Reform of Medical Prescription System <br />• Smart Start Funding <br />• Funding for UNC Pharmacy School and Dental Clinic <br />• Funding for NC Poison Control Center <br />• Bottle Deposit Legislation <br />• Advance Fee for Cathode Ray Tube Recycling <br />• White Goods Recycling <br />• Reduced Class Size and Associated Need for Capital and Other Funding <br />• "More at Four" and Associated Need for Capital and Other Funding <br />• Funding for UNC School of Govemment <br />• ABC System Changes <br />• Soil and Water Shazed Employee Funding <br />• Utility Eminent Domain <br />• Local Government Property Transfers <br />• Annexation & Local Planning and Revenue Option Incentives to Control Growth <br />• Broaden Local Government Authority to Enact Laws to Protect Public Health, Safety & Welfare <br />• Impact Tax to Replace Impact Fee <br />• Funding Authority for Bikeways and Trails <br />The Board will also consider expressing support for, with some possible revisions and additional <br />comments, the North Cazolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) 2003-2004 Legislative <br />Goals and the Triangle J Council of Governments 2003 Regional Legislative Agenda. A copy of the <br />NCACC 2003-2004 Legislative Goals is available at http://www. ncacc. org/legislativeinfo. htm and a copy <br />of the Triangle J information is available at the contact information below. <br />The Orange County Boazd of Commissioners welcomes all comments on these and any other items as may <br />be introduced or addressed at the public hearing. The meeting is open to the public and will be held at the <br />F. Gordon Battle Courtroom in the New Courthouse in Hillsborough beginning at 7:30 p.m. If you need <br />additional information, please call Greg Wilder at 245-2314. <br />