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q . <br /> 007 <br /> WHEREAS, Senate Bill 58, entitled the Elderly and <br /> Handicapped Transportation Assistance Program has been <br /> introduced in the North Carolina Senate; and <br /> WHEREAS, Senate Bill 58 requests an appropriation of $2 <br /> million for fiscal year 1987-88, one-half of which will be <br /> divided equally among all the counties, with the remainder of <br /> funds distributed on the basis of the percentage of elderly <br /> and handicapped population and population density; and <br /> WHEREAS, the funds would be used to provide transporta- <br /> tion services to elderly and handicapped individuals; and <br /> WHEREAS, Senate Bill 58 requires no local matching <br /> funds; and <br /> WHEREAS, the funds would supplement existing sources of <br /> support for transportation services for the elderly and the <br /> handicapped but not replace state funds already earmarked for <br /> Orange County for this purpose, <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Orange County <br /> Board of Commissioners supports Senate Bill 58, the Elderly <br /> and Handicapped Transportation Assistance Program. <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that copies of this resolution <br /> be forwarded to the appropriate state officials. <br /> This the day of _ , 19 <br />