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SECTION B. 8. STATEWIDE LEGISLATION (Cont.) Recreation a. Modify proposed legislation affecting the Recreation and Natural Heritage Trust Fund RESOLUTION REQUESTING MODIFICATION OF PROPOSED LEGISr 4.TION AFFECTING THE RECREATION AND NATUR.~ HERITAGE TRUST FUND V~EREA.S, the 1991 session of the GenerM Assembly enacled a bill that increased the excise tax on land transfers by one dollar per thousand; and WHEREAS, eighty-five percent of the revenues from ins in'reuse on excise lax went lnlo the general fund of tl0e State; and V,'I-.IERE.4.S, the Leglslatlve Study Commission on Parks and Recreation has drafted legqslafiou that would dedicate the eight),-five percent of the revenue that is currently going to thc General Fund to a proposed Pa~k Fund of North Carolina to be used for land acquisition; and WHEREAS, local governments in North Cuolina need almost one billion dollars to meet natiouM standards in providing land and facilities for leisure opportunities for citizens and v/sltors; and WHEREAS, funding from the Federal Land and Waler Consen'atlon Fund, whkh was a major source of support for State and Land Parks Systems for the last twent),-seven )'ears, has decreased consideraNy since 1979; and WHEREA.S, the North Carolina Recreation Parks Society has requested support for modification of the proposal developed by the Legislative Stud)' Commission on Parks and Recreation to dixide the entire 1991 tax increase of one dollar per thousand such that fifteen percent of the funding would be used for acquisition of land Mth significant nalural heritage value, forty-five percent of the funding would be used for local park acquisition and development of park lands, and forty percent of the funding would go to state parks; and WHEREAS, the Cabarrus Count)' Parks and Recreation Department has endorsed this formula and ~s requested lhe Cabarrus Count), Board of Commissioners to also supporl this proposal. NO,V, THEREFORE, THE CABARRUS COU,'NTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONER. S DOES HEREBY RESOLVE: 1. The members of the General Assembly representing the people of Cabarrus County are c. adled on lo support the modification of the proposal which has been drahed by the Legislative Study Commission on Parks and Recreation to provide for a more equitable distribution of ~he funds from the 1991 lax increase the funding being dh'ided as indicated above. 2. The Clerk to the Board of Commissioners ~s direcled lo send a copy of this Resolution to each of the members of the General Assembly representing the people of Cabarrus County and Io the Norlh Cm'ollna Association of County Commissioners. This the 15th day of February., 1993. Fr;~nl:;e F. Bonds, Clerk CABARRUS COUNTY BOARD OF COM.MISSIONERS Carolyn B. C~rpenter, Chair