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<br /> <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 />8) 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 />9) 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 />approving a one-time ten percent (10%) increase <br />6