The county has issued about 100 of the 150 vouchers it has received.

The county, she added, had issued 20 use and occupancy permits.

When the assessment is completed, the county will issue a "request for proposals" from contractors who can correct the problem.

The county issued $600 million of taxable notes in the summer of 1994.

Today the county issued $100 million worth of bonds backed by 10 years of future tobacco settlement payments.

Municipal bonds are one of several ways states, cities and counties can issue debt.

They do not carry guns, and the county does not issue them protective vests.

Last year, the county impounded 458 all-terrain vehicles - a 15 percent increase from 2003 - and issued almost 600 tickets.

If the county simply issued short-term notes, the interest rate would be about 2 percent, he said.

A county in New Mexico has also issued marriage licenses to applicants of the same gender.