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infrastructure /broadband capability to the un- served <br />and under - served areas of the state. Access to high <br />speed internet connections will reduce disparities, <br />enhance quality of life for all the Staters residents, <br />and broaden opportunities in areas such as education, <br />jobs creation, small business development, health care, <br />civic participation, and growth in farm enterprises; <br />20) Expansion of Protected Classes - Seek statewide <br />legislative action to provide all North Carolina local <br />governments with the authority to include sexual <br />orientation and gender identity as protected classes in <br />order to protect these classes from discrimination and <br />discriminatory practices; and authorize complaints for <br />discrimination to be brought in North Carolina Courts <br />by any Equal Employment Opportunity Commission <br />recognized protected class; <br />21) Eminent Domain - Oppose adding language to a <br />constitutional amendment on eminent domain that extends <br />any further preemption of county authority to regulate <br />the placement of telecommunication towers; <br />22) Fees -In -Lieu - NCD ®T as Additional Reci lent - Support <br />legislation amending North Carolina General Statute <br />153A -331 to add a provision allowing counties to <br />