Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
INITIAL LIST OF POTENTIAL LEGISLATIVE ITEMS FOR <br />2000 NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION <br />An initial meeting occurred on May 2, 2000 involving Commissioner Halkiotis, <br />Commissioner Jacobs, County Attorney Geof Gledhill, County Manager John Link, and <br />Assistant County Manager Rod Visser to consider on a preliminary basis potential <br />legislative items for Orange County to pursue during the 2000 North Cazolina General <br />Assembly Session. Following the discussion, it was proposed that the items below be <br />noted on an initial list of potential legislative items to address with Orange County's <br />legislative delegation. The Board may want to review this list and modify, add to, delete, <br />or revise it in any manner. <br />School Impact Tax (H857/5725~ <br />This legislation seeks to replace the current school impact fee with a school <br />impact tax. <br />Prese~v_e~armland/Promote Small Farms <br />The House version of this bill, H1132, was approved during the 1999 session. <br />The Senate version, 5930, has been referred to the Senate Agriculture/Environment/ <br />Natural Resources Committee. The House legislation seeks to establish a North Carolina <br />Farmland Preservation Trust Fund for the purpose of purchasing agricultural conservation <br />easements including transaction costs. <br />Promote Viable Agriculture/Alternative Farming &„Agricultural Practices <br />There exists a need to address this matter on several levels. One pertains to <br />addressing regulatory processes which may impact farmers' pursuits of viable options to <br />enhance, augment, or supplant standard farming activities. Current regulatory processes <br />should be evaluated and, where reasonably possible, streamlined to diminish any <br />impediments to these ventures. <br />The other related azea concerns funding availability for agricultural activities in <br />Orange County. This funding could be for an Agricultural Center, for assistance with <br />alternative farming activities, and for other areas. <br />Farnrxer to Farmer, (H869/S 1103 <br />This legislation relates to the deferral of accrued taxes when agricultural property <br />changes hands from farmer to farmer. The issue was presented during the 1999 Session, <br />but was deferred to a legislative study committee and remains there at this point. <br />