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protected classes. Approximately 89% of Fortune 500 <br />companies prohibit discrimination based on sexual <br />orientation, including Bank of America, Lowe’s, Duke <br />Energy, Branch Banking and Trust (BB&T), and Reynolds <br />American (the five largest North Carolina-based public <br />companies in that order); <br />* E-911 Funds <br />11) - Orange County supports permanently <br />extending the authorization to use E911 funds for all <br />public safety disciplines. Orange County appreciates <br />past efforts and supports future initiatives to expand <br />the uses for these funds within the public safety <br />disciplines related to emergency communications and <br />Emergency Medical Services. North Carolina General <br />Statute (NCGS) 62A-47 Section 9 allowed local <br />governments to use 50% of the funds in the Emergency <br />Telephone System to provide for public safety needs, <br />without limitations imposed under NCGS 62A-46. Public <br />Safety expendituresauthorized under Section 9 had to <br />be completed by June 30, 2012; <br />* Mental Health <br />12) – Orange County seekslegislation to <br />ensure that State-funded mental health, developmental <br />disability, and substance abuse services are available, <br />accessible and affordable to all residents and that <br /> <br />