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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE <br />FOR <br />TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 2004 AT 7:30 P.M. <br />A public hearing will be held on the following list of potential legislative items for the 2004 North Carolina <br />General Assembly Session: <br />? Cigarette Tax and Alcohol Tax Increase <br />? Closing of Tax Loopholes <br />? Local School System Utility Costs <br />? Local Revenue Options <br />? Public School Capital Building Fund Disbursements <br />? State Reimbursements to Local Governments <br />? Billboard Advertisements on Interstate 40 <br />? Funding for Rural Planning Organizations <br />? Unpaved Roads in Post-1975 Subdivisions <br />? Social Services, Criminal Justice Partnership, and Dispute Settlement Centers Funding <br />? County Financial Responsibility for Children Needing Residential Mental Health Treatment <br />? Mental Health Reform Funding and De-institutionalization Costs <br />? In-Home Services for Seniors Funding <br />? Reform of Medical Prescription System <br />? Smart Start Funding <br />? Funding for UNC Pharmacy School, UNC Dental Clinic, and NC Poison Control Center <br />? Bottle Deposit Legislation <br />? Advance Fee for Cathode Ray Tube Recycling <br />? White Goods Recycling <br />? Reduced Class Size and Associated Need for Capital and Other Funding <br />? "More at Four" and Associated Need for Capital and Other Funding <br />? Funding for UNC School of Government <br />? Private Sector Soil Evaluations for Septic System Permitting <br />? ABC System Changes <br />? Soil and Water Shared Employee Funding <br />? Utility Eminent Domain <br />? Local Government Property Transfers <br />? Annexation & Local Planning and Revenue Option Incentives to Control Growth <br />? Broaden Local Government Authority to Enact Laws to Protect Public Health, Safety & Welfare <br />? Open Burning Limits on High Ozone Days <br />? Restaurant Inspection Fees <br />? County Fee for Judicial Activities <br />? Eliminate Verification Process/Fee for Recording Deed of Trust Cancellations <br />? County Fee for Inspection of Body Piercing Establishments <br />? Criminal Record Check for Long-term Care Employees <br />? Statutory Definition of Health Facility Locked Units <br />? Guardianship Laws Study Commission <br />? Definition of Animal "Shelter" <br />? Impact Tax to Replace Impact Fee <br />? Orange/Chatham County Line <br />? Transition Flexibility in Implementing Mental Health System Reform <br />The Board will also consider expressing support for, with some possible revisions and additional <br />comments, the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) 2003-2004 Legislative