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encourage the Commission to review the current status, practices, and impacts of
<br />annexation and de-annexation.
<br />Attachment/Garnishment for Emergency Medical Services (EMSI Bills
<br />Eighty-five counties in North Cazolina currently have authorization to
<br />attach/gaznish for the collection of EMS bills. Orange County is not one of those
<br />counties. The counties that do have this authority are: Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany,
<br />Anson, Ashe, Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell,
<br />Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cherokee, Chowan, Cleveland, Columbus, Craven,
<br />Cumberland, Daze, Davidson, Davie, Duplin, Durham, Edgecombe; Forsyth, Franklin,
<br />Gaston, Graham, Granville, Greene, Guilford, Halifax, Harnett, Haywood, Henderson,
<br />Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Iredell, Johnston, Jones, Lee, Lenoir, Lincoln, McDowell, Macon,
<br />Madison, Mecklenburg, Mitchell, Montgomery, Moore, Nash, New Hanover, Onslow,
<br />Pasquotank, Person, Pitt, Polk, Randolph, Richmond, Robeson, Rockingham, Rowan,
<br />Rutherford, Sampson, Scotland, Stanly, Stokes, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Tyrrell,
<br />Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, Washington, Watauga, Wilkes, Wilson, Yadkin and
<br />Yancey Counties.
<br />Orange County should consider requesting to be added to the authorized counties. The
<br />county's current EMS collection rate is 35-40%, and this would likely allow the County
<br />to raise its rate to 60-65%.
<br />Open Burning/Ex~n.xssion_of Pollutants (H843/S7241
<br />This matter passed the House during the 1999 Session. However, some issues
<br />relating to constitutionality were subsequently raised by the legislative drafting section,
<br />and, along with some other questions, limited consideration by the Senate. A similar bill
<br />which applied to the Town of Chapel Hill, H841, was adopted in 1999.
<br />County Financial Responsibility for Troubled Children - NC G.S. 7B-2S02. Evaluation
<br />& Treatment of Undisciplined
<br />and Delinquent Children.
<br />Under current state law, a judge, in the case of a child that needs special caze
<br />and/or assistance, can direct that the county of present location pay all the costs
<br />indefinitely to support the needs of that child. This provision allows a county to be
<br />unexpectedly assigned the responsibility of a child for an undefined time period and
<br />thereby incur expenses which can run into the tens of thousands on a yeazly basis. This
<br />scenario can create significant budgetary problems for a county. The County may want
<br />to urge that this responsibility be borne by the State or at least urge some statutory
<br />- - - - framework whereby a county can plan for this potential event.
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