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t <br />It <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 20, 1991 <br />SUBJECT: Local Legislation Update <br />DEPARTMENT County Manager <br />ATTACHMENT(S) <br />Senate Bill 623 <br />Letters from NC Wildlife Resources <br />commission <br />Extract from March 20, 1991 Minutes <br />1 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No V Z[- A <br />PUBLIC HEARING YES NO X <br />------------------------------- <br />INFORMATION CONTACT <br />Rod Visser, ext 2300 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBER <br />Hillsborough 732 -8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968 -4501 <br />Mebane 227 -2031 <br />Durham 688 -7331 <br />PURPOSE: To receive an update, for information only, on the results <br />of Orange County's 1991 North Carolina General Assembly legislative <br />agenda. <br />BACKGROUND: At its March 20, 1991 meeting, the Board of Commissioners <br />adopted a resolution representing the 1991 legislative agenda for the <br />County. The legislation that was submitted to the Orange County <br />legislative delegation is outlined in the extract from the March 20 <br />minutes. The Board also requested the North Carolina Wildlife <br />Resources Commission to include Orange County among those that <br />observe an extended period during which the intentional sweeping of <br />deer areas with lights is prohibited. <br />The Wildlife Resources Commission and the Administrative Rules <br />Review Commission have acted to include Orange County in the list of <br />counties that prohibit spotlighting deer during the period from one <br />half hour after sunset to one half hour before sunrise. This action <br />became effective August 1, 1991, as outlined in the attached <br />correspondence from the Wildlife Resources Commission. <br />The North Carolina General Assembly ratified Senate Bill 623, commonly <br />referred to as the Orange- Chatham County Omnibus Legislation, during <br />the 1991 Session. Sections 1 thru 7 of Senate Bill 623 approved the <br />action /authority sought by the County in items 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, and 9 of <br />the County's legislative agenda. It is important to reiterate that the <br />enabling legislation approved in Section 7 of Senate Bill 623, <br />permitting regulation of hunting and fishing, is not self- executing. <br />Subsequent adoption of an ordinance addressing these activities will be <br />required to implement the contemplated regulations. <br />