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Agriculture <br />Approved Goals <br />AG -1: Support state funding and staffing for agricultural research, Cooperative <br />Extension services and other agriculture - related efforts to support the largest economic <br />driver in North Carolina. <br />The final budget included funds for marketing of North Carolina agricultural <br />products regionally and internationally, as well as $2 million for the Agricultural <br />Development and Farmland Preservation Fund. <br />AG -2: Support legislation allowing counties to partner with neighboring counties to <br />establish multijurisdictional regional Agricultural Business Districts that allow for favorable <br />taxation and incentives to attract agricultural businesses to the region <br />After extensive research and consultation with experts on the subject, NCACC <br />determined that counties already have the authority to partner with neighboring <br />counties for economic development purposes, including agribusiness. <br />Environment <br />Approved Goals <br />ENV -1: Support legislation to increase funding for the Clean Water Management Trust <br />Fund for water and sewer infrastructure projects. <br />The final budget appropriated an almost $4.2 million in additional non - recurring <br />funds, as well as $305,707 in recurring funds, in FY 2017 -18 for the Clean Water <br />Management Trust Fund. The recurring funds increase to $500,000 in FY 2018 -19. <br />ENV -2: Support legislation to study and address air quality matters relating to the <br />removal and treatment of coal ash deposits. <br />Legislation addressing issues with coal ash air quality was not introduced this <br />session. <br />ENV -3: Support legislation to provide for and fund a comprehensive statewide <br />approach to noxious aquatic vegetation control in public water reservoirs. <br />0 Legislation addressing aquatic weeds was not introduced this session. <br />