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315 o parental Responsibility Support legislation to place responsibility on parents to defray the cost of dependent children in the Criminal Justice system.· Reimbursement for Sentenced Offenders Seek an increase in the per day rate the state pays the counties as.reimbursement for housing sentenced offenders, and ~seek legislation which would reimburse the counties for housing adjudicated offenders awaiting transport to the state prison system Emergency Medical Care Seek legislation to assure that county responsibility for inmate medical care under G.S. 153A-225 only includes responsibility for the medical care that is truly emergency and not for that part of the care that is not emergency. Inmate Medical Care Support legislation which would limit the rate hospitals can .charge for inmate medical care to the lower of either the approved medicaid rate or insurance rate. Work Release Costs Seek legislation to authorize a board of county commissioners or a regional jail commission authority to adopt an ordinance establishing a reasonable rate for room and board which the court will require of inmates sentenced to work release from the county or regional jail. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION o State Agency Action Support efforts to redirect and utilize staff in the Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources to expedite decisions on solid waste permits, permit renewals, and plans with establishment of appropriate deadlines for state agency actions. If additional staff is necessary to expedite these decisions, funding should be provided through state revenue sources, not through additional tip fees or surcharges at local solid waste facilities. Moratorium on Landfill Bans Seek legislation imposing a moratorium on additional landfill bans on items in the waste stream. Critical Habitat Rules ~' Support legislative action to prohibit the Wildlife Resources Commission from adopting rules that attempt to restrict development in "critical habitats" of threatened and endangered species. GENERAL GOVERNMENT. Register of Deeds Fee Support legislation to authorize an additional fee on transactions in the Register of Deeds Office, with proceeds from this 'fee to be used for records management and preservation through technological or other enhancements, with the approval of Boards of County Commissioners. However, no portion of the fees could be used to fund the Special Retirement Allowance for Register of Deeds. Vital Records Fee Increase .... " Seek legislation to authorize counties to charge for certified copies of vital records so that county fees are consistent with state fees. Voter Registration Mandates Seek legislation to repeal state and federal voter registration mandates requiring human service agencies to register voters. If these voter registration mandates are not repealed seek additional appropriations to fully fund the state and federal voter registration mandates.