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DRAFT <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT <br />THE NORTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />CONSIDER PROPOSING LEGISLATION OF STATEWIDE APPLICABILITY <br />ON CERTAIN ISSUES FOR CONSIDERATION DURING THE 2001 SESSION OF <br />THE NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY <br />WHEREAS, the North Cazolina General Assembly will convene in ranuazy 2001 to consider legislative <br />matters during its Long Session;' and <br />WHEREAS, the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners will consider and adopt a slate of <br />legislative goals that will serve as the basis for vazious pieces of draft legislation, applicable on a <br />statewide basis, to be presented for consideration by the General Assembly in 2001; and <br />WHEREAS, the Orange Caunty Boazd of Commissioners has identified a number of legislative changes <br />that, if adopted, it believes will contribute to the public good and benefit the citizens of Orange County <br />specifically and the State of North Carolina generally; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Orange County Board of Commissioners that it does <br />hereby convey to the North Cazolina Association of County Commissioners its request that its legislative <br />concerns, as enumerated below, be incorporated into draft legislation applicable to counties throughout <br />North Carolina, and be presented to the North Carolina General Assembly within the timeframes <br />established by that body for consideration in 2001; the Board of Commissioners recommends Association <br />consideration of the following legislative goals for the 2001 General Assembly: <br />1. The authorization for local governments to implement a school impact tax. <br />2. The creation of a standardized format and language that will provide far more-uniform <br />interpretation and application of the Use Value System as it relates to fazming and real property <br />taxes. <br />3. The relaxation of the eligibility standazds as they relate to acreage size for land to qualify under <br />the Use Value System with increased emphasis on income produced, so that small, bona fide <br />income -producing agricultural enterprises that do not require much land can also qualify for the <br />Use Value program. <br />4. The opportunity for deferment of real property taxes to a later date as an additional alternative or <br />substitute to the continuance or broadening of the Homestead Exemption. <br />S. An additional program allowing for the erection of logo signs for retail operations (to complement <br />current authorizations for food, fuel, and lodging logo signs) along interstates where prohibitions <br />against additional billboazd outdoor advertising signs exist. <br />6. The transfer of financial responsibility for 'a troubled child from counties, as outlined in NC G.S. <br />7B-2502, to the State of North Carolina. Under current state law, a judge can direct that a county <br />of present location pay all costs associated with supporting the needs of aspecial-needs child for <br />an undefined period of time. This should be addressed, or alternatively, some statutory framework <br />should at a minimum be provided whereby a county can plan for this potential event. <br />