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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 30, 2007 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item Noe 4 <br />SUBJECT: Update on Legislative/General Assembly Actions <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager, Budget, Tax PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />Assessor <br />ATTACHMENTS: INFORMATION CONTACTS: <br />As listed in "Background" Laura Blackmon, (919) 245-2300 <br />Donna Coffey, (919) 245-2151 <br />Greg Wilder, (919) 245-2314 <br />John Smith, (919) 245-2101 <br />PURPOSE: To discuss various .legislative actions that occurred during the 2007 session of the <br />North Carolina General Assembly. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Members of the NC General Assembly adjourned their 2007 legislative. session on August 2, <br />2007. Just prior to adjournment, legislators adopted the 2007-09 State Biennium Budget. The <br />accompanying materials provide reference materials regarding the impacts. <br />~: Orange County's 2007 Legislative Priorities <br />o Reference: Attachment 4-1 -Orange County 2007 Legislative Goals Results <br />Summary <br />~ House Bill 1499 -Homestead Exemption and Senior Circuit Breaker <br />o Reference: Attachment 4-2 -Changes to Homestead Exemption Program <br />o Reference: Attachment 4-3 - "Senior Circuit Breaker Property Tax <br />Benefit" (affecting fiscal year 2009-70) <br />~- Impacts on County Services/Functions and Schools <br />o Reference: Attachment 4-4 -August 21, 2007 E Mail from Rebecca <br />Troutman, NC Association of County Commissioners <br />o Reference: Attachment 4-5 -August 24, 2007 E Mail from Lee Mandell, NC <br />League of Municipalities <br />-~= Medicaid Relief/Sales Tax Swap <br />o Reference: Attachment 4-6 -Medicaid Relief/Sales Tax Swap StaffAnalysis <br />o Reference: Attachment 4-7 -Excerpts from General Assembly Budget (pages <br />256 through 262 -State Assume Medicaid Responsibilities) <br />