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NORTH CAROLINA
RESOLUTION REGARDING
ORANGE COUNTY LEGISLATIVE MATTERS
BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of Orange
County that the Board hereby requests the Senators and
Representatives representing Orange County to introduce and
support the following legislative matters :
1 . AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE ORANGE COUNTY TO LEVY AN EXCISE TAX
ON INSTRUMENTS CONVEYING REAL PROPERTY IN ORANGE COUNTY (Exhibit
A to this Resolution) .
2 . AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE ORANGE COUNTY TO ADOPT AN
ENTERTAINMENT TAX ON EVENTS AT LARGE FACILITIES IN ORANGE COUNTY
(Exhibit B to this Resolution) .
3 . AN ACT TO ADD THE STATUS OF HETEROSEXUALITY,
HOMOSEXUALITY AND BISEXUALITY TO THOSE CLASSIFICATIONS AUTHORIZED
TO BE PROTECTED BY AN ORANGE COUNTY CIVIL RIGHTS ORDINANCE
(Exhibit C to this Resolution) .
4 . AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE AUTHORITY OF ORANGE COUNTY TO
REGULATE THE USE, STORAGE, DISPOSAL, LABELING, OR APPLICATION OF
PESTICIDES IN AREAS SUBJECT TO REGULATION BY THE NORTH CAROLINA
PESTICIDE BOARD IN EXERCISING ITS PLANNING AND ZONING AUTHORITY
UNDER ARTICLE 18 OF CHAPTER 153A OF THE GENERAL STATUTES (Exhibit
D to this Resolution) .
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners of
Orange County requests its legislative delegation to support :
1 . the continuation of the Smart Start Program and the
initiative of the Governor to improve the Smart Start Program and
expand its availability within the State of North Carolina;
2 . legislation which would authorize counties to levy an
excise tax on instruments conveying real property in accordance
with the initiative of the North Carolina Association of County
Commissioners;
3 . legislation which would change and make more equitable
the manner in which State excise taxes on beer, wine and
spirituous liquor are assessed as proposed by and supported by
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the North Carolina Association of Alcoholic Beverage Control
Boards;
4 . legislation which would increase the State income tax
credit to private landowners who voluntarily donate land or an
interest in land for conservation purposes as proposed by and
supported by the Conservation Trust For North Carolina .
Upon motion of Commissioner Brown , seconded by
Commissioner Halkiotis the foregoing resolution was
adopted this the 18th day of March, 1997 .
I, Beverly A. Blythe, Clerk to the Board of Commissioners
for the County of Orange, North Carolina, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that
the foregoing is a true copy of so much of the proceedings of
said Board at a meeting held on March 18, 1997 as relates in any
way to the adoption of the foregoing and that said proceedings
are recorded in Minute Book No. 28 of the minutes of said
Board.
WITNESS my hand and the seal of said County, this 18th day
of March 1997 .
Clerk to Xhe Board of mmissioners
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