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<br /> <br /> <br />24) Bona Fide Farm Use – Support legislation clarifying <br />that the farm use and agriculture exemption of 153A-340 <br />that restricts local zoning authority applies only to <br />property on which the production of crops or livestock <br />is the primary use. Clarify that marketing and agri- <br />tourism activities must be secondary uses of the <br />property and do not qualify for the exemption in the <br />absence of the production of crops or livestock; <br /> <br />25) * Revenue Options for Local Government – Support <br />efforts to preserve and expand the existing local <br />revenue base of counties, and oppose efforts to divert <br />to the state fees or taxes currently allocated to the <br />counties to the state. Oppose efforts to erode existing <br />county revenue streams and authorize local option <br />revenue sources already given to any other <br />jurisdiction; <br /> <br />26) E-911 Funds – Support protection and broader <br />applications of the NC 9-1-1 Fund to be used primarily <br />for assuring that 9-1-1 systems are able to upgrade <br />existing performance levels in order to pay for 9-1-1 <br />operations or 9-1-1 related upgrades such as the <br />infrastructure needed to migrate to next-generation <br />(NG911) technology. Orange County has appreciated past <br />11