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<br /> <br />for state inmates housed in county jails sentenced to <br />90 days or less; <br /> <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 /> <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 /> <br />5