here will be several new faces in the legislature when the short session convenes Monday, including three in the Senate. An updated directory of House and Senate members, including their office phone numbers and e-mail addresses, can be found at the General Assembly's web site.

 Senate Republican Leader Patrick Ballantine shocked many on April 19 when he resigned not only his party post but also his seat to focus on his gubernatorial campaign. Ballantine, who has represented New Hanover County for 10 years, said he didn’t want to “be trapped in Raleigh” during the key weeks before the party primaries on July 20. Ballantine is one of seven GOP candidates running for governor. New Hanover County Republican Party leaders recommended Ballantine’s law partner, Haywood E. “Woody” White III, and he subsequently was appointed to the Senate by Easley. White, who was born in Kinston and raised in Bladen County, graduated from Southern College in 1991 and earned his law degree from the University of Nebraska in 1994. He is a trustee of the New Hanover Regional Medical Center. Sen. Jim Forrester (R-Gaston) and Sen. Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) are among those seeking to replace Ballantine as Senate minority leader.

 Steve Metcalf, the three-term Democrat from Buncombe County who co-chaired the Appropriations Subcommittee on Education, resigned Feb 2 after an embarrassing series of missteps that included a DWI and an apparent attempt to land a lobbyist job with a major utility. He has been replaced with Asheville attorney Martin L. Nesbitt Jr., the Democrat who was in his 11^th term in the House. Senate Pro Tem Marc Basnight appointed Nesbitt to the Economic Development Board; the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee; the N.C. Advisory Council on the Eastern Band of the Cherokees; the Future of the N.C. Railroad Study Commission; and the Joint Legislative Oversight Commission Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services. Basnight has also asked Gov. Mike Easley to appoint Nesbitt to the N.C. Film Council.

 Six-term Democratic Sen. Wib Gulley, who chaired the Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, resigned March 19 to accept a job as legal counsel to the Triangle Transit Authority. He was replaced with former state senator Ralph A. Hunt of Durham. Hunt served five terms in the Senate through 1993 as was Senate Majority Whip and chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. After leaving the Senate in 1993, he served eight years on the Utilities Commission before retiring from public service. Hunt has said he will not run for the seat during the November elections.

Here are the new faces in the House:

 Democrat Susan C. Fisher, the former chair of the Asheville City School Board and the former director of Kids Voting Buncombe County, was appointed Feb. 25 to Nesbitt’s old seat.

 Republican Fred F. Steen II of Landis, a consultant and cost analyst who was the mayor of the Rowan County town, was appointed Feb. 16 to serve out the term of veteran legislator W. Gene McCombs, who died in January after serving six terms in the House


Fiscal Reform Council endorses governor’s economic stimulus package
The economic stimulus package that Gov. Mike Easley is urging legislators to adopt during the short session was unanimously endorsed Tuesday by the Business Council for Fiscal Reform. Council Co-chair Jim Hyler, the First Citizens Bank executive and former NCCBI chairman, said ''Governor Easley’s plan sends the right signal that North Carolina needs to increase worker skills and reduce business costs to remain competitive. This plan is an excellent start.''
 
The centerpiece of Easley’s small business agenda is the exemption of the first $20,000 of corporate income from state taxes, which the governor said would eliminate the tax entirely for over half of all businesses that are currently subject to corporate income taxes. He said it will also reduce the effective tax rate for 80 percent of businesses that pay the corporate income tax by at least one percent.

In addition, Easley proposed tax relief for health care savings accounts to help small employers provide affordable health care coverage for themselves, their families, and their employees. Health care savings accounts (HSAs) are tax-free savings accounts for medical expenses. Any taxpayer with a high-deductible insurance plan can contribute up to $2,600 a year ($5,150 for families) into an HSA account. Both employers and employees are able to contribute to these accounts.

Easley’s tax package will also include changes to the Research and Development Tax Credit to provide greater benefit to companies with less than $1 million in gross receipts.

Easley’s agenda includes enhanced support for crucial small-business initiatives, expanded funding for cutting-edge biotechnology start-ups, advanced worker-training for new and existing businesses, and regulatory streamlining. Additional specific measures include:

 An additional $1.6 million appropriation for the Small Business and Technology Development Center to assist with export strategies and an expansion of services to tech-based companies, and support accelerators to incubate new businesses. Easley said the additional funds would create 4,000 additional jobs.

 Additional, unspecified funding for the N.C. Biotechnology Center to provide startup money for small businesses and to foster academic research in our universities that will lead to the creation of new companies. The Biotech Center has seed-funded about 70 of these companies in the start-up phase with low-interest loans. The governor's budget will include startup and curriculum development costs for the biomanufacturing jobs training center at N.C. State University and the biotechnology research center at N.C. Central University.

 Creation of a Small Business Ombudsman in the Department of Commerce to create a “one stop shop” to respond to employers with questions about state laws and regulations. The ombudsman will help provide information about state government services, resolve issues quickly and serve as an advocate for the small business perspective in state government.

 Provide funding for the Manufacturing Extension Program at North Carolina State University. This support will fund staff stationed across the state to provide assistance to small and mid-sized manufacturing firms. The federal appropriations for this program have been cut dramatically.

In a letter Wednesday to the co-chairs of the Joint Select Committee on Economic Growth and Development, Governor Easley outlined some additional initiatives he said would include in his budget, including:

 An immediate $20 million infusion into the One North Carolina Fund to be used in recruiting industries that are locating or expanding in the state. Currently, all available funds have been allocated to companies that have been recruited to the state during the past 12 months under the Jobs Development and Investment Grant (J-DIG) program. Easley said the $20 million was necessary “so that we can close pending deals for needed jobs and investment.” The governor also said he will recommend raising the cap on the number of J-DIG grants that can be awarded in any one year as well as raising the maximum amount of individual grants.

 Emergency funding for community college workforce training programs. He said his budget will include a request for $4.1 million for the New and Expanding Industry Training Program to replace a one-time reduction in the past budget session.

 Additional investment in the motorsports industry in North Carolina. Easley said he will recommend $15 million for a proposed North Carolina Motorsports Testing and Research Completed operated by UNC-Charlotte.

 Expansion and reform of the state’s R&D tax credit to make the credit available to all companies that perform research and development, not just manufacturing firms. The credit would be revised to give preference to companies that perform more research in North Carolina, especially in rural areas and in cooperation with public and private universities in the state.

  An increase in the qualified business venture credit cap from $6 million to $9 million.



State Government Watch

Fiscal Reform Council takes first step toward
improving efficiency in information technology

The Governor’s Business Council for Fiscal Reform met on Tuesday, May 5, to hear a report from the Office of State Budget and Management on information technology expenditures in state government. The report, requested by the General Assembly, included seven major recommendations to improve the state’s IT operations and which, if enacted, would save an estimated 10 percent of the current funds spend on IT. The most significant change would be to transition the Information Resources Management Commission (IRMC) from a regulatory body to an advisory body and transfer much of the responsibility and authority statutorily provided to it to the state’s Chief Information Officer (CIO). For this change and others proposed in the report to occur, legislation will be required.

The council reviewed and discussed the entire report and gave its initial endorsement. Council members suggested, however, that more needs to be done and asked that clarifying language be added to their endorsement of the report. Their additional recommendations included making sure that if the transfer from IRMC to the CIO is enacted that the necessary authority be given to the CIO to do the job. They also suggested being cautious about converting contracted positions to full time positions, wanted additional thought given to excluding the university system and the judicial branch from the recommendations and suggested that some incentive be given to state agencies to gain support for the proposed changes. A written copy of the commission’s endorsement along with additional clarifying language suggested by the commission is expected to be available within the next few days.

The seven recommendations outlined in the report include:

Transition the IRMC from a regulatory body to an advisory body transferring much of the responsibility and authority statutorily provided to it to the state CIO. On budgeting and related issues, the state CIO would be required to work in conjunction with the state budget officer and the state controller.

Implement the Alternative Budget Transition Plan 3. In requesting the report, the General Assembly called for the report to include at least three alternative budget transition plans for ITS and IRMC. The report gives three options and suggests that plan 3 be adopted. This plan creates an internal service fund to pay for special projects. The existing $7.5 million cash balance of the ITS program would be seed money for the fund.

Require that all state agencies develop a plan for the establishment of a central IT operations unit encompassing all agency IT operations that are common to all divisions, offices and programs of the agency. Under this proposal, each agency plan should be completed and submitted to the CIO for approval by Oct. 1. Organizational transition should begin by Jan. 1, 2005, and be completed by June 2005. Department plans should include a consolidated IT budget.

Have the state CIO, the state budget officer and the state controller develop a plan to consolidate all agency IT operations and functions that are common to all agencies into the office of the state CIO. Implementation of this plan is to begin by Jan. 1, 2005, and be completed by June 30, 2005

Create an Enterprise Project Management Office. This office under the CIO would provide technical assistance to agencies seeking to have major projects certified.

The state CIO should implement IT procurement improvements to include, but not limited to:
Aggregation of all IT hardware purchases including PC’s and servers.
Require quotes for IT purchases rather than just buying arbitrarily from term contract.
Re-evaluate use of supplemental staffing contract.
Enterprise Software Licensing.
Multi-year Maintenance Agreements.

Convert contractor FTE to state positions where the IT function being purchased is of a recurring nature. Agencies should include the recommended conversions in the plan which they develop establishing a Central IT Operations Unit.

NCCBI Research

The rich DO pay taxes, LOTS of taxes
The richest 3,000 or so individual taxpayers in North Carolina – those with adjusted gross incomes of at least $1 million -- paid an average of nearly $800,000 in state and federal taxes in 2001, according to our analysis of an IRS report. As the chart above shows, the taxman took a big bite out from everyone who’s adjusted gross income reached six figures. North Carolinians paid a total of $46.9 billion in federal taxes in 2001, which ranks 15^th among the states. That total includes roughly $5.6 billion in corporate income taxes for Uncle Sam. The 2001 tax year is the latest for which the IRS has data broken down by income level of individual filers.

In the 2003 tax year, North Carolina corporations paid about $7.4 billion in federal corporate income taxes, which ranked 8^th in the nation behind (in order) California, New York, Illinois, Texas, Ohio, Minnesota and New Jersey.
 
There were a total of 133,798 filers in the United States with AGIs of more than $1 million in 2001. The 3,080 in North Carolina ranked fifth in the Southeast, behind Texas (12,928), Florida (12,892), Georgia (4,457) and Virginia (4,012). Those numbers include married couples filing jointly.

There’s much more data about the state at the IRS web site, Click on http://www.irs.gov/taxstats/article/0,,id=103106,00.html to see the report.

Average Tax Payments Among North Carolina Taxpayers, Ranked by Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) for the 2001 Tax Year
AGI of …	Breakeven-Loss	Under $10k	$10k-$20k	$20k-$30k
Number of Returns	32,820	668,872	724,259	585,558
Federal Tax Payments	$59,463,000	$552,058,000	$1,611,976,000	$1,701,529,000
State Tax Payments	$26,051,000	$16,865,000	$52,708,000	$145,618,000
Total Tax Payments	$85,514,000	$568,923,000	$1,664,684,000	$1,847,147,000
Average Per Return	$2,606	$851	$2,298	$3,155
AGI of …	$30k-$50k	$50k-$75k	$75k-$100k	$100k-$150k
Number of Returns	673,741	478,718	229,443	152,996
Federal Tax Payments	$3,105,617,000	$3,739,096,000	$2,815,779,000	$3,048,707,000
State Tax Payments	$605,251,000	$1,130,057,000	$989,600,000	$1,055,222,000
Total Tax Payments	$3,710,868,000	$4,869,153,000	$3,805,379,000	$4,103,929,000
Average Per Return	$5,508	$10,171	$16,585	$26,824
AGI of …	$150k-$200k	$200k-$500k	$500k-$1 mil.	$1 million+
Number of Returns	45,683	45,779	7,843	3,080
Federal Tax Payments	$1,509,775,000	$3,042,731,000	$1,430,835,000	$1,948,571,000
State Tax Payments	$494,752,000	$913,136,000	$391,784,000	$508,107,000
Total Tax Payments	$2,004,527,000	$3,955,867,000	$1,822,619,000	$2,456,678,000
Average Per Return	$43,879	$86,412	$232,388	$797,623
Source: Internal Revenue Service

NCCBI News

Study says congestion, substandard roads
cost Tar Heel motorists $5.3 billion annually

Roadways that lack desirable safety features, are congested or have poor pavement conditions cost North Carolina motorists $5.3 billion annually, according to a new report released recently by a national non-profit transportation research group.

NCCBI President Phil Kirk and other members of the statewide group NCGo! were among the business leaders who announced these findings at press conferences held in Raleigh, Charlotte and Winston-Salem on April 7.

“This is a timely news conference because the governor has just announced a big increase in the number of tourists who came to North Carolina last year,” said Kirk, who participated in the press conference held at the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce.  “He [the governor] indicated that we remain the sixth most visited state in the United States with the number of visitors going from 43 million two years ago to 49 million last year. We cannot continue to grow the travel and tourism industry without the sufficient infrastructure to handle it.”

The  Road Information Program (TRIP) report, entitled “Paying the Price for Inadequate Roads in North Carolina,” found that Raleigh motorists pay an average of $1,080 annually in the form of traffic accidents, additional vehicle operating costs and congestion-related delays. The report indicates that additional federal and state resources are needed to alleviate traffic congestion, make road and bridge improvements and improve traffic safety.

 “North Carolina is the third fastest growing state east of the Mississippi,” Kirk said.  “With that growth comes a number of challenges, such as congestion, overcrowded schools and pollution.”

 Kirk added that NCCBI is committed to working with NCGo! and federal, state and local leaders to meet the challenges facing the entire transportation system. He cited the NC Moving Ahead program, which is pumping $700 million into the state’s transportation system in a two-year period of time, and the need to pass the federal transportation legislation that is now in conference committee.

 The current six-year federal surface transportation legislation expires on April 30, and Congress is now deliberating on funding levels for a new long-term bill.

 Additional findings of the TRIP report:

North Carolina’s population increased by 26 percent from 1990 to 2002.

Vehicle travel in North Carolina increased by 48 percent between 1990 and 2002. Vehicle travel in the state is projected to increase by another 50 percent by 2020.

The average daily one-way commute increased from 19.8 minutes in 1990 to 24 minutes in 2000. As a result, the typical commuter in North Carolina now spends on average an additional 35 hours a year in traffic than 10 years ago.

More than 1,500 people were killed each year in motor vehicle accidents in North Carolina from 1995 through 2002. North Carolina’s traffic fatality rate per 100 million vehicle miles of travel is 1.7, 13 percent higher than the national average of 1.5.

The full TRIP report is available at www.tripnet.org.

NCCBI encourages vote on Senate asbestos bill
NCCBI has joined other organizations and trade groups across the nation in support of a bill pending in Congress that would establish a privately funded trust to fairly compensate those truly sick from asbestos. The associations and trade groups who are supporting Senate Bill 2290, the FAIR Act, represent hundreds of thousands of employees and retirees with a stake in the ongoing debate on asbestos liability reform.

“This issue has eluded resolution for decades,” the letter states. “S. 2290, the FAIR Act, seeks to end the liability crisis that has forced over 70 companies into bankruptcy, forced the loss of 60,000 jobs and diminished the value of pension and retirement savings for tens of thousands of workers and their families.”

The letter goes on to state that asbestos liability reform is urgently needed to provide certainty to sick victims so they will timely receive compensation for their injuries as well as providing economic stability for the thousands of businesses impacted by litigation and allowing them to maintain jobs and benefits for their employees and retirees.

NCCBI and U.S. Chamber partner to encourage business vote
NCCBI and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have partnered to give business leaders in North Carolina a voting tool that gets them registered and ready to vote. Go to the www.nccbi.org website and click on the VoteForBusiness.com icon.  The link enables you to easily register to vote and get information about candidates in your district running for seats in the state legislature and in Congress.

VoteForBusiness.com is the simplest way for you to participate in the political process and prepare you to cast your vote for greater economic growth and development.  We encourage you to share this website with your colleagues and employees who have internet access.

Voting is getting easier in North Carolina, and this website makes it even easier.  Beginning 50 days before Election Day, you can request an absentee ballot from your county board of elections. At www.VoteForBusiness.com, you simply enter your name and address and it will prepare a letter you can use to request your absentee ballot.  Written requests for absentee ballots must be received in the county office no later than the Tuesday prior to Election Day.

You can also get a list of all the candidates who are running for office in the state legislature or Congress during the 2004 elections.   Furthermore, all incumbent Congressmen have a voting tally to let you know if they voted pro-business on important federal issues.

Those of you who do not want to mail-in an absentee ballot are able to vote by Absentee One-Stop voting at all county boards of elections offices in North Carolina, during regular office hours, for the 17 days prior to Election Day.  Now, you do not need to provide an “excuse” for voting absentee.  Some elections boards also offer one-stop absentee voting sites in addition to the county offices.  Please refer to www.sboe.state.nc.us under “County Offices” for a listing of the physical locations and telephone numbers of county boards of elections offices in North Carolina and a listing of the additional Absentee One-Stop Voting sites throughout the State. 

Remember, first and foremost, it is important to register to vote and encourage your colleagues and employees to do so.  The voter registration deadline for the 2004 Primary Election is June 25, 2004.  The voter registration deadline for the General Election is October 8, 2004.

It is extremely important that the business community in North Carolina let its voice be heard.  That is the only way that we can push our issues to the forefront to ensure that the candidates we elect are working to make our state more competitive and economically strong.

Kirk lauds Moore County leaders
Citing "can do" attitudes on the part of the citizens of Moore County, NCCBI President Phil Kirk saluted 80 community leaders at a breakfast on April 20 at the National Golf Club in Pinehurst as the Moore County community profile was officially unveiled. The special section touting the virtues of the Sandhills county was published as a part of the April edition of the NORTH CAROLINA magazine.
 
"We choose communities to spotlight which believe that people need to work together to get positive things done for their area. Moore County fits the bill," Kirk said.
 
He said other factors in the selection process include choosing areas which value public education, volunteerism, and public service. "Moore County has an excellent K-12 school system and an outstanding community college. Sandhills Community College has served this area well for the past 40 years. They do an outstanding job in training and re-training people for real jobs."
 
Kirk spoke of the importance of the tourism industry and the area's military bases as vital to the state's economy. "Tourism brings in $13 billion to our state's economy. We are again the nation's sixth most visited state with 49 million visitors last year. We must do everything we can to protect our military bases from closure or reductions. We have more than 100,000 men and women in uniform on our bases although many of them are serving in Iraq and Afghanistan now. There is a $20 billion impact here."
 
Superior health care through First Health-Moore Regional also attracts people to the area.  "Increasing retail sales which you have experienced also helps in diversifying the economy," he said. On a not-so-bright note, he said manufacturing will continue to face challenges because it costs so much more to produce products in this country than in many others. While criticizing the national administration for not enforcing existing laws and for not being tough on creating an even playing field with China, he pointed out that high legal costs, high wages, unnecessary regulations, and health care costs, especially those due to trial attorneys' suing at an alarming rate, are also factors in causing goods produced in the U.S. to cost at least 22 percent more than those produced in competing countries.
 
Fred Hobbs introduced Kirk. Also speaking were Caleb Miles and Peter Stiwell of the Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen Area CVB. Felton Capel gave the invocation.


Carteret County holds Industry Appreciation event
North Carolina has a good pro-business climate, but it needs improving if we are to be competitive with our neighboring states, NCCBI President Phil Kirk told more than 100 people attending the second annual Industry Appreciation Event at Shepard's Point Restaurant in Morehead City on March 30.
 
"We need to make our tax structure more competitive," Kirk said. "For example, our corporate income tax rate is the third highest in the Southeast and our top rate for personal income taxes is the highest in the South. That hits small businesses especially hard as well as serving as a detriment to our attracting retirees into our state."
 
Kirk said NCCBI is focusing on taxes, economic development, and efficiency in government. He praised Carteret County for its diverse mix of jobs, especially in manufacturing and tourism. He urged everyone to cooperate with the Governor and Lt. Governor and the legislature in their efforts to maintain and expand the presence of the military in North Carolina. "The impact of the military bases on our economy is $20 billion and that may be conservative," Kirk said.
 
He was introduced by Dave Inscoe, who heads the Carteret County Economic Development Council. Newport Mayor Derryl Garner presided. Rep. Jean Preston and Sen. Scott Thomas were in attendance and participated in the awards ceremony which saluted local industries for their contributions to the economic well-being of Carteret County.


Kirk addresses College of Management students
North Carolina has a pro-business reputation but cannot afford to rest on its past successes, NCCBI President Phil Kirk told students, faculty, and business leaders at the Spring 2004 Wachovia Lecture on April 21 at the College of Management on the campus of N.C. State University. "We have a great state and we are the fourth-fastest growing state in the nation," Kirk said. "With that growth comes a different set of challenges, such as congestion, air pollution, crowded schools and colleges. But we would all rather deal with those kinds of challenges than to live in an area which is losing population."
 
While saying that the economy is improving in North Carolina and across the nation, Kirk told the audience that several steps need to be taken to make us more competitive with our neighboring states in order to attract and retain jobs. "Our corporate tax is the third-highest in the Southeast and our personal income taxes are the highest in the Southeast," Kirk said. "That must be changed. We need to enact a strong research and development tax credit which will support and encourage entrepreneurship and innovation, in addition to revising some of our economic incentives and reducing unnecessary government regulations which stifle growth and job creation."
 
"North Carolina is a progressive, but fiscally conservative state," Kirk said. "North Carolinians have strong values and we work hard. It is our work ethic that helps attract and keep jobs in our state."
 
He cited leadership in economic development and used as examples the state's leadership in creating the N.C. Biotechnology Center, N.C. Microelectronics Center (MCNC), Research Triangle Park, University Research Park, NCSU Centennial Campus, the Rural Center and others. "Hopefully some day soon we can add the Global TransPark to this list. We must not give up on this project because Eastern North Carolina and the entire state desperately need for it to succeed.”
 
Kirk challenged the students to master their academic skills, but to also learn how to work effectively in teams and to communicate well verbally and in writing.
 
Closing with some comments on the need for strong leadership in solving the challenges facing our state, Kirk said, "We need leadership at all levels which knows that success does not come by accident or luck, but leadership which knows the value of collaboration, communication, and partnerships. We succeed in North Carolina in many areas because business, education, and government work together. That is not the case in many other states."
 
"We need leaders who have vision and who believe in building rather than tearing down...leaders who see opportunities rather than despair and doom and gloom. Success does not come overnight, but we will regain our greatness if we work hard, if we work smart, and if we work together," he concluded.
 
Kirk, whose topic was "North Carolina's Challenges and Opportunities," was introduced by Steve Stroud, Wolfpack leader and also member of the executive committee and board of directors for NCCBI. He saluted Stroud for his candor, vision, work ethic, and perseverance. "I am convinced that there would be no RBC Center were it not for Steve Stroud." Stroud is the first and only chairman of the Centennial Authority that built and operates the arena.

Event highlights women in business
Triangle Business Journal and NCCBI jointly sponsored a reception on March 3l to officially unveil a new web site designed to be a one-stop service for business women looking to network locally, regionally or nationally. The event, attended by 70 leading business women in the Triangle, was held at the Gateway Jazz Cafe and Chatham Hill Winery in Morrisville. The web site – www.bizwomen.com -- will provide a full repository of resources aimed specifically at women.

Speakers at the event were Charlene Grunwaldt, publisher, and Sougata Mukherjee, editor, of the Triangle Business Journal and NCCBI Chair Emeritus Sue Cole and President Phil Kirk. They spoke of the value of partnerships and pledged to look for additional ways to work together to strengthen the business climate and opportunities for women in the Triangle area. Cole and Kirk emphasized the increased diversity of NCCBI's board and committees and the emphasis on economic development, efficiency in government, and a competitive tax structure that includes reductions in the corporate and personal income taxes.

Sponsors of the event were U.S. Trust Company of North Carolina and Parker Poe, represented by Catherine Arrowood. Also assisting with the event were Rosemary Wyche, Kela Lockamy, and Angel Sutton of NCCB.

Status of the General Fund dollars in millions	Month of March			Nine Months Year-to-Date
	Projected	Actual	Variance	Budget	Actual	Variance
Individual Income	$365.3	$368.1	$2.8	$5,359.6	$5,370.0	$10.4
Corporate Income	148.7	195.7	47.0	489.3	521.2	31.9
Sales and Use	294.5	315.9	21.4	3,069.0	3,184.4	115.4
Franchise	138.6	150.9	12.3	386.4	386.3	-0.1
Insurance	51.2	39.9	-11.3	191.4	171.5	-19.9
Beverage	15.1	14.7	-0.4	131.4	135.1	3.7
Inheritance	8.9	7.4	-1.5	80.3	97.1	16.8
Privilege License	1	0.9	-0.1	30.4	27.8	-2.6
Tobacco Products	2.8	3.2	0.4	29.0	32.1	3.1
Real Estate	-0.6	-0.6	—	3.2	3.2	—
Gift	0.5	1.0	0.5	3.6	4.4	0.8
White Goods Disposal	0.3	0.3	—	1.0	1.0	—
Scrap Tire Disposal	0.9	0.9	—	2.7	2.7	—
Piped Natural Gas	1.3	4.3	3.0	34.0	36.8	2.8
Other	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total Tax Revenue	$1,028.5	$1,102.6	$74.1	$9,811.3	$9,973.6	$162.3
Non-Tax Revenue
Treasurer's Investments	9.8	6.4	-3.4	83.3	61.7	-21.6
Judicial Fees	11.5	13.2	1.7	103.5	103.0	-0.5
Insurance	4.5	1.9	-2.6	21.7	21.7	—
Disproportionate share	—	—	—	100.0	97.1	-2.9
Highway Fund Transfer In	—	—	—	10.9	10.9	—
Highway Trust Fund Transfer In	—	—	—	189.3	189.3	—
Other	181.1	182.3	1.2	371.5	372.1	0.6
Total Non-Tax Revenue	$206.9	$203.8	$(3.1)	$880.2	$855.8	$(24.4)
Total Revenue	$1,235.4	$1,306.4	$71.0	$10,691.5	$10,829.4	$137.9