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-~S -~ac~3 - da 7 <br />~~ 1 <br />NORTH CAROLINA <br />RESOLUTION :REGARDING' <br />ORANGE COUNTY LEGISLATIVE '.MATTERS <br />BE IT 'RESOLVED by the Board of County,Commissioners of <br />Orange'County that the Board hereby requests 'the Senators and <br />Representatives representing Orange County to take the following <br />position on legislation regarding the following matters: <br />REVENUES <br />1) Support an increase in the cigarette tax, primarily for <br />the purposes of health programs and for reducing and <br />.preventing tobacco .use. .(.See March 5, 2003 Board of <br />Commissioners' Resolution - Exhibit A), and with a <br />portion of the`new revenues being dedicated as a funding <br />source for the Farmland Preservation Trust Fund and for <br />the .creation of regional processing centers to create <br />value-added products and help promote farm options; <br />2) Support an increase in the alcohol tax with aportion of <br />the new revenues :being `.dedicated for mental health and <br />substance abuse rehabilitation treatment programs; <br />3) Support balancing the State of North Carolina budget by <br />closing tax loopholes, including ending the sales-tax cap <br />on boats, planes; and railway cars, doing away with a <br />1 <br />