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7 <br />INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT <br />FOR THE PROVISION OF MENTAL HEALTH, <br />DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES <br />BETWEEN ORANGE, PERSON AND CHATHAM COUNTIES <br />This Interlocal Cooperation Agreement made and entered into <br />effective thus 1st- day of July 2004, by, between <br />and among Orange County, a political subdivision of the State of North <br />Carolina, Person County, a political subdivision of the State of North <br />Carolina and Chatham County, a political subdivision of the State of <br />North Carolina, herein collectively referred to as the "Parties". <br />This Agreement is made as an Interlocal Cooperation Agreement pursuant <br />to Chapter 122C of the North Carolina General Statutes and Part I, <br />Article 20 of Chapter 160A of the North Carolina General Statutes. <br />W I T N E S S E T H: <br />WHEREAS, N,C.G,S. §1220-115 (a) requires each county in North <br />Carolina to provide mental health, developmental disability and <br />substance abuse services either through an area authority or a county <br />program established pursuant to N.C.G.S, §122C-115.1; and <br />WHEREAS, N.C.G.S. §122C-115.1 authorizes counties to enter into <br />multi-county programs created through interlocal cooperation <br />agreements pursuant to N.C,G.S, §160A-460, et sec,; and <br />WHEREAS, Orange County, Person County and Chatham County together <br />comprise an area wherein the population is compliant with the targeted <br />minimum population of 200,000 as set forth in Chapter 122C of the <br />North Carolina General Statutes; and <br />WHEREAS, Orange County, Person County and Chatham County have <br />each elected to operate together a multi-county program for the <br />