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6 <br /> acreage requirements, balanced by increasing the income <br /> threshold; <br /> 28)Sales Tax Distribution Formula — Support legislation directing <br /> that all sales tax be distributed on a per capita basis as it is fair <br /> and more equitable for counties with less economic development <br /> as compared to the point of delivery basis. The UNC School of <br /> Government has indicated that a per capita basis tax "would <br /> indeed be a more even distribution of LOST revenue across the <br /> state"; <br /> 29)Maintain Local Government Authority over Solid Waste <br /> Management — Oppose any shift of solid waste management and <br /> recycling services away from local governments; <br /> 30)Electronics Recycling — Support legislation to provide additional <br /> funding to local governments for electronics recycling to cover <br /> significant increased costs for recycling these materials and to <br /> oppose the lifting of restrictions on disposal of electronics in <br /> landfills; <br /> 3 1)Transportation Funding — Support increased state funding for <br /> transportation construction and maintenance needs, recognize <br /> Bike and Pedestrian modes of transportation, and support <br /> legislation to ensure that the STI funding formula recognizes that <br /> one size does not fit all and that projects in both rural and urban <br /> areas are prioritized and funded, and eliminate the cap on light rail <br /> funding; <br /> 32)Oppose any shift of state transportation responsibilities to <br /> counties — Oppose legislation to shift the state's responsibility for <br /> funding transportation construction and maintenance projects to <br /> counties. Counties cannot afford to assume costs for maintaining <br /> secondary roads and/or funding expansion projects; <br /> 33)Eminent Domain — Oppose adding language to a constitutional <br /> amendment on eminent domain that extends any further <br /> preemption of county authority to regulate the placement of <br /> telecommunication towers; <br /> 34)Fees-In-Lieu — NCDOT as Additional Recipient — Support <br /> legislation amending North Carolina General Statute 153A-331 to <br /> add a provision allowing counties to transfer fees collected as part <br /> of subdivision development, and in lieu of required street <br /> construction, to be transferred to and held by the North Carolina <br /> Department of Transportation (NCDOT) for the future construction <br /> of roads intended to be added to the State Maintained system. <br /> Presently there is no mechanism where a county can collect fees <br />