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landfill space to ensure the future space availability. <br />Other State rules require an annual survey of all <br />landfill facilities to calculate remainingspace, and <br />with modern Geographical Information Systems, there is <br />no need for the 10 year plan to duplicate this effort; <br />Machinery Act <br />19) – Orange County believes that local <br />governments need more flexibility to remedy measurement <br />and/or condition property appraisal errors related to <br />local property tax functions. North Carolina property <br />tax law substantially limits the ability of local <br />governments to address property tax discrepancies, such <br />as prohibiting the refund of prior years’ taxes paid <br />after a measurement and/or condition property appraisal <br />error is discovered. Just as local governments can <br />recoup prior years’ property taxes from owners for <br />“discoveries”, local governments should likewise be <br />authorized to refund prior years’ taxes paid when <br />situationssuch as measurement and/or condition <br />property appraisal errors are discovered; <br />Homestead Exemption <br />20) – Support revisions to the <br />Homestead Exemption provisions of the Machinery Act to <br />a)provide greater opportunities for low-income <br />seniors to remain in their homes and not be <br /> <br />