(AP) — WASHINGTON - The Senate has approved a plan to give homebuyers an extra three months to finish qualifying for federal tax incentives that boosted home sales this spring.
The move by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid would give buyers until Sept. 30 to complete their purchases and qualify for tax credits of up to $8,000. Under the current terms, buyers had until April 30 to get a signed sales contract and until June 30 to complete the sale.
The proposal would only allow people who already have signed contracts to finish at the later date. About 180,000 homebuyers who already signed purchase agreements would otherwise miss the deadline.
The Nevada Democrat added the proposal to a bill extending jobless benefits through the end of November.
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There are some changes to our outdoor water usage here in Forsyth County, as a result of the Water Stewardship Act. The Georgia Water Stewardship Act went into effect statewide June 2, 2010, after being signed into law June 1 by Governor Sonny Perdue.
The law includes new provisions for landscape watering by irrigation systems. It allows for daily outdoor watering for purposes of planting, growing, managing or maintaining ground cover, trees, shrubs, or other plants, but only between the hours of 4 p.m. and 10 a.m.
The following outdoor water uses are allowed daily at any time:
- Commercial agriculture
- Alternative sources of water (reuse water, rain water, condensate, etc.)
- Irrigation of personal food gardens Irrigation of newly installed or reseeded turf for the first 30 days
- Drip irrigation or soaker hoses
- Hand watering with a shut-off nozzle or a handheld container
- Water from a private well
- Irrigation of plants for sale
- Irrigation of athletic fields, golf courses or public recreation turf
- Installation, maintenance or calibration of irrigation systems
- Hydroseeding
Outdoor water use for any purpose other than watering of plants, such as power washing or washing cars, is still restricted to the current odd/even watering schedule. Odd-numbered addresses (those ending with the number 1, 3, 5, 7 or 9) may use water for purposes other than landscape watering on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. Even-numbered addresses (those ending with the number 0, 2, 4, 6, 8 or no number) may use water for purposes other than landscape watering on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. No hourly restrictions limit these activities.
For more information visit the Forsyth County Government Website at
www.forsythco.com.
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State of Forsyth County 2010
At the annual State of the Community event held May 27, 2010, Forsyth County Board of Commissioners Chairman Charles Laughinghouse presented the 2010 State of the County address. Included in the chairman’s remarks were updates on a variety of county projects and highlights of recent achievements.
Click here for a link to the text of the remarks from Chairman Laughinghouse and to watch the 2010 State of the County video online.
The 2010 State of the County video can be seen on TV Forsyth, Comcast channel 23, Monday through Friday at 9:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.; Friday through Sunday at 10 p.m.; and daily at 11:30 a.m.
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The Forsyth County Farmers Market opens at 7 a.m. every Wednesday and Saturday through Sept. 30. The market is in the Cumming Fairgrounds parking lot, 235 Castleberry Road. It stays open until all crops are sold. For more information, call the fairgrounds at (770) 781-3491 or the Forsyth County.
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