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NCACC Priority Legislative Goals for 2019-20 Session
1) Broadband Goal
- Seek legislation, funding, and other efforts to expand digital infrastructure/ broadband capability to the unserved and
under-served areas and residents of the state.
2) School Capital
- Seek additional revenue sources, including a statewide bond and lottery proceeds, to equitably address statewide public
school and community college capital challenges.
3) Sales Tax Flexibility
- Support efforts to preserve and expand the existing local revenue base of counties and authorize local option revenue
sources already given to any other jurisdiction to all counties. Oppose efforts to divert to the state, fees or taxes currently allocated to the counties or to erode existing county revenue streams.
4) Human Services/Medicaid Transformation
- Support provision of state resources to ensure county ability to provide essential public health, behavioral health & social
services, with specific consideration to the challenges of incarcerated persons, the continued county role in behavioral health governance, and programs addressing substance use disorder, throughout Medicaid transformation.
5) School Capital Lawsuits
- Seek legislation to repeal the statutory authority under N.C. Gen. Stat. 115C-431(c) that allows a local school board to file
suit against a county board of commissioners over appropriations to the local board of education’s capital outlaw fund.
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Unfinished Business
- School Capital
- Health Care
- Teacher Raises
- Farm Bill
- Local Sales Tax Flexibility
- Regulatory Reform Bill
- Extending work of SSWG
- Other issues?
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Defensive Issues
Property tax exemptions SB 416 - Recruit/Retain Volunteer Firefighters (25% property tax exclusion for qualifying volunteer firefighters
- n primary residence; no funding mechanism)
SB 578 - Property Tax Exemption for Farm Equipment (Provides exemption for 80% of appraised value of personal property owned by qualifying farmer; estimated loss of $20-30 million statewide; did not pass crossover) HB 959 - Exempt Cemetery Property Eroding county authority Charter School Capital SB 315 - Farm Bill SB 522 –Various Changes to Charter School Law
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