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FUNDING OF PARK AND RECREATION TRUST FUND <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the 1991 session of the General Assembly enacted a bill that increased the <br />excise tax on land transfers by one dollar per thousand; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, 85 percent of the revenues from this increase on excise tax went into the <br />general fund of the State; and <br /> <br />* WHEREAS, the 1994 General Assembly passed legislation previously supported by <br />the Cabarrus County that establishes a Park and Recreation Trust Fund <br /> city or county name here <br />for North Carolina designed to allocate such revenues for state and local parks. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, local governments in North Carolina need almost one billion dollars to <br />meet national standards in providing land and facilities for leisure opportunities for citizens and <br />visitors; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, in 1994 79 grant requests from local governments were received totaling <br />$2,438,419 and only $200,000 was available, thereby further demonstrating the need for such <br />a program. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, funding from the Federal Land and Water Conservation Fund, which was <br />major source of support for State and Local Parks Systems for the last 27 years, has decreased <br />considerably since 1979; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the North Carolina Recreation and Park Society has requested support for <br />funding the Park and Recreation Trust Fund and Natural Heritage Trust Fund from revenues <br />associated with 1991 increase on the land transfer for use by local and state park systems. <br /> <br />~abarrus <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the <br />County Board of Commissioners do call on members of the General Assembly to <br /> <br />(city or county governing board name here) <br />dedicate revenues generated by the increase of the land transfer tax which was approved by the <br />1991 General Assembly to the Park and Recreation Trust Fund and Natural Heritage Trust <br />Fund during the 1995 session. <br /> <br />The clerk is directed to send a copy of this resolution to each of the members of the General <br />Assembly representing the people of Cabarrus County and the North <br /> (city or county name here) <br />Carolina Recreation and Park Society. <br /> <br />This day the day of , 1995. <br /> <br /> (Mayor or Chairman) <br />Omit this section if resolution was not acted on in 1994. <br /> <br /> <br />