Agenda 03-01-22; 6-a - Orange County's Proposed 2022 Legislative Agenda

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8 24)Voter Registration and Voting — Support legislation to maintain and expand access to and participation in the voting process, including early voting, Saturday and Sunday voting, automatic voter registration, and pre-registration of 16 and 17 year olds, and mail-in voting; support legislation to make Election Day a State holiday; and oppose any legislation which creates any barriers or deterrents to voting; 25)Expansion of Protected Classes — Seek statewide legislative action to provide all North Carolina local governments with the authority to include sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classes in order to protect these classes from discrimination and discriminatory practices; and authorize complaints for discrimination to be brought in North Carolina Courts by any Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recognized protected class; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 26)Minimum Wage Increase — Support legislation to raise the minimum wage to at least $15 per hour for all, not just employees of the State of North Carolina, to enhance people's economic security, improve access to safe and secure housing, boost the economy with increased spending, decrease dependence on government assistance programs, and improve the lives of families; 27)Agricultural Economic Development — Support state funding and staffing for agricultural research, Cooperative Extension services and other agriculture- related efforts to support the largest economic driver in North Carolina; 28)Economic Development Efforts — Support legislation to grow North Carolina's statewide economy through sound state investments, including public infrastructure funding, competitive incentives, and coordinated efforts with county economic development services; REVENUE & TAX 29)Revenue Options for Local Government — Support efforts to preserve and expand the existing local revenue base of counties and authorize local option revenue sources already given to any other jurisdiction to all counties. Oppose efforts to divert to the state fees or taxes currently allocated to the counties or to erode existing county revenue streams; 30)Re-instatement of Earned Income Tax Credit — Support legislation to re-instate the State Earned Income Tax Credit which greatly benefitted low wage earners until its elimination after the 2013 tax year;