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3 <br /> r <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> A RESOLUTION ENDORSING <br /> A STATEWIDE TASK FORCE AND ECUATION PROGRAM <br /> FOR IMPLEMENTING DIRECT DEPOSIT MANDATE <br /> WHEREAS, all recipients of checks from the federal treasury, such as social security checks, will be <br /> required to participate in direct deposit payments as of January 1, 1999. <br /> WHEREAS, this will dramatically impact current and future individual recipients of social security and <br /> other federal payments. <br /> WHEREAS, the majority of the people most likely to be neg€aively impacted by this change will be the <br /> elderly, poor, and disabled. <br /> WHEREAS, the elderly population is growing at an ever increasing rate. <br /> WHEREAS, many people in Orange County may encounter a great deal of difficulty with the <br /> implementation of direct deposit due to many factors: no bank accounts, cost, lack of knowledge, <br /> insufficient money management skills; or personal inaccessibility due to infirmities or lack of transportation. <br /> WHEREAS, banks will be one of the major direct deposit beneficiaries of this new mandate receiving <br /> millions of dollars monthly in direct deposit funds just in Orange County. <br /> WHEREAS, very few plans have been made to consider the ramifications for affected individual recipients, <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Orange County Board of Commissioners does <br /> hereby endorse the need for a statewide task force that would include elderly and disabled representatives, <br /> as well as representatives from the banking industry, to address the issue of implementing the direct deposit <br /> mandate; and <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners advises that a state wide volunteer organization similar to the <br /> Seniors' Health Insurance Information Program(SHIIP)be established to educate people about direct <br /> deposit, especially with regard to choosing a bank and managing an account. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that William Crowther, Chair of the Orange County Board of <br /> Commissioners is hereby authorized to submit this resolution. <br /> DATE Official Signature <br /> SEAL <br />