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Section 2. The orange County Board of Commissioners asks the Chapel Hill Town Council, the Durham City Council, the Durham County Board of Commissioners, the Chatham County Board of Commissioners, the Pittsboro Town Council, and the Triangle J Council of Governments to support the continued development of advanced water saving fixtures and retrofit devices for upgrading shower heads, faucets and toilets as well as their use in the marketplace, and in old and new construction in the State of North Carolina. Section 3. The Board of Commissioners asks the governing bodies of the Cities of Chapel Hill, Durham and Pittsboro, the County Commissioners of Durham County and Chatham County, the Orange Water and Sewer Authority and the Triangle J Council of Governments to join with them in petitioning and asking the N.C. State Building Code Council to allow advanced water -- saving fixtures, such as 1 and 1.5 gallon flush toilets, 2- gallon per minute shower heads, faucets with aerators and conserving washing machines and dishwashers that effectively reduce the amount of water used in showers, kitchen sinks and toilets, as well as retrofit, water saving devices for reducing water consumption to be used in existing and newly constructed buildings and homes, under the N.C. State Building Code. Section 4. This resolution shall become effective upon adoption. This resolution, having been introduced by Commissioner Don Willhoit and seconded by Commissioner Stephen Halkiotis, was passed by unanimous vote of Commissioners Moses Carey, Alice Gordon, Verla Insko, Stephen Halkiotis and Don Willhoit on May 6, 1991.