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12) Agriculture - Support Conservation of Working Lands and <br /> Farmland Preservation - Support a revision to the <br /> revenue and acreage requirements of the Use Value <br /> Program to reduce acreage requirements and increase the <br /> income threshold; <br /> 13) Machinery Act - Support local governments' need for <br /> more flexibility to remedy measurement and/or condition <br /> property appraisal errors related to local property tax <br /> functions . North Carolina property tax law <br /> substantially limits the ability of local governments <br /> to address property tax discrepancies, such as <br /> prohibiting the refund of prior years' taxes paid after <br /> a measurement and/or condition property appraisal error <br /> is discovered. Just as local governments can recoup <br /> prior years' property taxes from owners for <br /> "discoveries", local governments should likewise be <br /> authorized to refund prior years' taxes paid when <br /> situations such as measurement and/or condition <br /> property appraisal errors are discovered; <br /> 14) Homestead Exemption - 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 /> displaced due to property tax burdens by <br />