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DRAFT <br />7. Increased funding of the Clean Water Management Trust Fund and support the allocation of funds <br />based on a points system that evaluates the merit of individual projects. <br />8. An income tax credit for taxpayers investing in agribusiness enterprises that add value to raw, <br />North Carolina-grown agricultural commodities, with special attention/benefits being given to <br />those investment activities supporting smaller agricultural operations. <br />9. An increase in court cost fees and /or revision in the distribution of the portion of court cost fees to <br />counties, thereby enabling counties to better address court facility needs and costs. <br />10. The allocation of funds to the North Carolina Department of Transportation to support the creation <br />and maintenance of Rural Planning Organizations as authorized during the 2000 General <br />Assembly session. <br />11. The creation of a Legislative Study Commission to review and recommend improvements to the <br />current organizational structure and communication system to assist local governments as they <br />seek to work with the North Carolina Department of Transportation on road and bridge <br />construction and road repair projects. <br />12. The inclusion of conservation and emission pollution control components into any electric de- <br />regulation legislation. <br />13. The inclusion of local governmental inpuddecision-making authority into any electric de- <br />regulation legislation, as opposed to private utilities' use of the power of eminent domain, thereby <br />allowing far local officials to play an integral part in the decision process. <br />14. The re-institution of state funding of full local school system utility casts. <br />15. Legislative adoption of a menu of discretionary revenue options available for local governments to <br />preclude undue reliance on the property tax. <br />16. The elimination of any legal limitations that would prohibit one unit of local government in North <br />Carolina from transferring property declared "surplus" to another unit of local government in <br />North Carolina. <br />17. The approval of the concept of inclusionary zoning. <br />18. The approval of legislation authorizing local governmental use of Transfer of Development Rights <br />(TDRs) regulations that requires a broad menu of opportunities for use of this tool. <br />19. Continuation of at least the current level of State funding for all existing positions in County Soil <br />and Water Conservation offices. <br />20. Authorization for Boards of Commissioners, in counties that have been granted enabling <br />legislation to implement civil rights ordinances, to determine the classes to which anti- <br />discrimination provisions shall apply. <br />