Agenda - 03-07-2017 - 5-a - Orange County's Proposed 2017 Legislative Agenda

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6 for state inmates housed in county jails sentenced to 90 days or less; 8) Minimum Wage Increase - Support legislation to raise the minimum wage to enhance people' s economic security, improve access to safe and secure housing, boost the economy with increased spending, decrease dependence on government assistance programs, and improve the lives of families; 9) Machinery Act - Support local governments' need for more flexibility to remedy measurement and/or condition property appraisal errors related to local property tax functions . North Carolina property tax law substantially limits the ability of local governments to address property tax discrepancies, such as prohibiting the refund of prior years' taxes paid after a measurement and/or condition property appraisal error is discovered. Just as local governments can recoup prior years' property taxes from owners for "discoveries", local governments should likewise be authorized to refund prior years' taxes paid when situations such as measurement and/or condition property appraisal errors are discovered;