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<br /> encourage the Commission to review the current status , practices , and impacts of
<br /> annexation and de - annexation .
<br /> Attachment/Gamishment_forr Emergency Medical Services (EMS ) Bills
<br /> Eighty- five counties in North Carolina currently have authorization to
<br /> attach/garnish for the collection of EMS bills . Orange County is not one of those
<br /> counties . The counties that do have this authority are : Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany,
<br /> Anson, Ashe, Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell,
<br /> Caswell , Catawba, Chatham, Cherokee, Chowan, Cleveland, Columbus, Craven,
<br /> idson, Davie, Duplin, Durham, Edgecombe, Forsyth, Franklin,
<br /> Cumberland, Dare, bav
<br /> Gaston , Graham, Granville, Greene, Guilford, Halifax, Harnett, Haywood, Henderson,
<br /> Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Iredell , Johnston, Jones , Lee , Lenoir, Lincoln, McDowell , Macon,
<br /> Madison, Mecklenburg, Mitchell, Montgomery, Moore, Nash, New Hanover, Onslow,
<br /> Pasquotank, Person, Pitt, Polk, Randolph, Richmond, Robeson, Rockingham, Rowan,
<br /> Rutherford, Sampson, Scotland, Stanly, Stokes , Surry, Swain , Transylvania, Tyrrell ,
<br /> Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, Washington, Watauga, Wilkes , Wilson, Yadkin and
<br /> Yancey Counties .
<br /> Orange County should consider requesting to be added to the authorized counties . The
<br /> county ' s current EMS collection rate is 35 =40 %, and this would likely * allow the County
<br /> to raise its rate to 60- 65 %.
<br /> Open BurningXm.ission_of Pollutants (H843 /S724)
<br /> This matter passed the House during the 1999 Session. However, some issues
<br /> relating to constitutionality were subsequently raised by the legislative drafting section,
<br /> and, along with some other questions, limited consideration by the Senate. A similar bill
<br /> which applied to the Town of Chapel Hill, H841 , was adopted in 1999 . f
<br /> County Financial Responsibility for Troubled Children w NC G. S . 7B -2502 . Evaluation
<br /> & Treatment of Undisciplined
<br /> and Delinquent Children.
<br /> Under current state law, a judge, in the case of a child that needs special care
<br /> and/or assistance, can direct that the county of present location pay all the costs
<br /> indefinitely to support the needs of that child . This provision allows a county to be
<br /> unexpectedly assigned the responsibility of a child for an undefined time period and
<br /> thereby incur expenses which can run into the tens of thousands on a yearly basis . This
<br /> scenario can create significant budgetary problems for a county. The County may want
<br /> to urge that this responsibility be borne by the State or at least urge some statutory
<br /> - framework whereby a county can plan for this potential event .
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