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Board of County Commissioners <br /> March 13, 2013 <br /> Page 2 of 2 <br /> On March 5, 2013, the Board voted to establish a new amnesty program similar to the first, but running <br /> for a longer period of time. Specifically, the Board voted to establish a four month amnesty program, <br /> with the four month period beginning 30 days after adoption of the ordinance. When the County <br /> Attorney began drafting the ordinance, however, an unintended consequence was discovered— namely, <br /> that if a real estate transaction requiring payment of service availability and delinquency charges was <br /> pending at or before the date of adoption of the ordinance, the parties would have to wait 30 days before <br /> the amnesty program opened and the charges could be paid - which could delay closing of the trans- <br /> action. To avoid this, the County Attorney drafted the proposed ordinance with a five month amnesty <br /> program, starting from the date of adoption of the ordinance. Obviously, the Board can change this if it <br /> prefers the four month program with a one month delay in implementation. <br /> RECOMMENDATION. <br /> The County Attorney recommends that the Board review the attached proposed ordinance, make any <br /> changes that it wants, and authorize the County Attorney's Office to advertise the ordinance for public <br /> hearing and adoption on April 2, 2013. <br /> ATTACHMENT(S). <br /> Proposed Ordinance <br /> ASP:LAC <br /> Attachment(s) as noted <br /> R l41torneylLindalGEA'ERALB C Cl4genda dfentwlUtilities(4ntnesN Program)O/.doc <br /> 249 <br />