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St. Lawrence County calls on state to increase highway funding, change pistol licensing authority, impose tax cap

Posted 3/10/18

CANTON – St. Lawrence County is prepared a legislative agenda that officials will take to Albany. The agenda lists the county’s top priorities for the year as it pertains to New York State. Items …

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St. Lawrence County calls on state to increase highway funding, change pistol licensing authority, impose tax cap

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CANTON – St. Lawrence County is prepared a legislative agenda that officials will take to Albany.

The agenda lists the county’s top priorities for the year as it pertains to New York State.

Items St. Lawrence County is call for include:

• An increased threshold for highway contracts for Consolidated Highway Improvement Program funds from $250,000 to $500,000;

• Broadband access across the North Country and net neutrality;

• Granting authority for pistol permits;

• Designation of essential service for Emergency Medical Services;

• Direct insurance reimbursement for volunteer ambulance service;

• Administrative funding for the New York Septic Tank program;

• Shift preschool funding to school districts;

• True 2 percent for the tax cap or tax levy limit to include New York State;

• Fund evaluation and treatment of the opioid epidemic in correctional facilities;

• Create a unified primary election date;

• Fund incentives for feasibility and integration of local courts.