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for state inmates housed in county jails sentenced to <br /> 90 days or less; <br /> 8) Minimum Wage Increase - Support legislation to raise <br /> the minimum wage to enhance people' s economic security, <br /> improve access to safe and secure housing, boost the <br /> economy with increased spending, decrease dependence on <br /> government assistance programs, and improve the lives <br /> of families; <br /> 9) 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 />