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DRAFT 6 <br />bill assignment information as well as any available information regarding <br />timetables for committee discussions on the various bills. As the session <br />continues, the Assistant to the Manager will follow the committees' schedule <br />regarding the discussion of items and inform the designated/appropriate <br />Board member(s) and/or all Board members as well as the County Manager <br />and County Attorney of those committee discussion times. <br />Revisions to Bills: As the General Assembly session progresses and <br />committees review items proposed by or of interest to Orange County, <br />revisions to the language/content of bills maybe proposed to account for <br />discussion and new information. These changes could be proposed by <br />members of the legislature, by other counties, or by other entities with an <br />interest in the same legislative matters as Orange County. The Assistant to <br />the Manager will maintain oversight of this activity. As amendments are <br />proposed, the Assistant to the Manager will distribute copies of them to the <br />designated/appropriate Board member(s) and/or all Board members as well <br />as the County Manager and County Attorney. Standard operating procedure <br />will be that any position Orange County takes regarding a bill amendment <br />will require approval of the Board prior to any representative of Orange <br />County expressing a position on the amendment or revised bill. However, <br />time considerations, the issue in question, the legislative process, or other <br />factors may not allow ample time for consultation with the entire Board to <br />determine Orange County's official position. In such cases, the participant <br />involved should contact the Chair for advice and direction. The participant <br />and the Chair should review the matter, the time constraints, and other <br />factors to determine if time is of the essence and if a substantive, immediate <br />position from Orange County is necessary. If an immediate position is <br />warranted, the participant and Chair should be guided in formulating that <br />position by the previous decisions and discussions of the entire Board of <br />Commissioners. The participant and the Chair should inform all other <br />participants in writing of their actions within two business days, .and the full <br />Board should discuss the matter at its next appropriate meeting. <br />Circumstances may also arise where a Board member (or members) or <br />county staff may recognize 1) a need to amend an Orange County legislative <br />initiative or 2) a need to vary Orange County's position on a proposal from <br />another entity. In situations such as this, standard operating procedure will <br />be that those participants proposing the change should formulate and <br />distribute the proposed revision in written form to all participants and any <br />other interested parties. The Board will then review the revision and <br />