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14 <br /> 1 under Titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act for the preceding calendar year; <br /> 2 and <br /> 3 b) diminish the discriminatory features of the current exemption provisions relating <br /> 4 to married couples by establishing graduated income qualification standards for <br /> 5 single individuals versus married couples; <br /> 6 <br /> 7 33)Sales Tax Distribution Formula — Support legislation directing that all sales tax be <br /> 8 distributed on a per capita basis as it is fair and more equitable for counties with less <br /> 9 economic development as compared to the point of delivery basis. The UNC School of <br /> 10 Government has indicated that a per capita basis tax "would indeed be a more even <br /> 11 distribution of LOST revenue across the state"; <br /> 12 <br /> 13 34)Machinery Act — Support local governments' need for more flexibility to remedy <br /> 14 measurement and/or condition property appraisal errors related to local property tax <br /> 15 functions. North Carolina property tax law substantially limits the ability of local <br /> 16 governments to address property tax discrepancies, such as prohibiting the refund of <br /> 17 prior years' taxes paid after a measurement and/or condition property appraisal error is <br /> 18 discovered. Just as local governments can recoup prior years' property taxes from <br /> 19 owners for "discoveries", local governments should likewise be authorized to refund prior <br /> 20 years' taxes paid when situations such as measurement and/or condition property <br /> 21 appraisal errors are discovered; <br /> 22 <br /> 23 35)Agriculture — Support Conservation of Working Lands and Farmland Preservation <br /> 24 — Support a revision to the revenue and acreage requirements of the Use Value <br /> 25 Program to reduce acreage requirements, balanced by increasing the income threshold; <br /> 26 <br /> 27 <br /> 28 <br /> 29 PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT <br /> 30 <br /> 31 36)Bona Fide Farm Use — Support legislation clarifying that the farm use and agriculture <br /> 32 exemption of 153A-340 that restricts local zoning authority applies only to property on <br /> 33 which the production of crops or livestock is the primary use. Clarify that marketing and <br /> 34 agri-tourism activities must be secondary uses of the property and do not qualify for the <br /> 35 exemption in the absence of the production of crops or livestock; <br /> 36 <br /> 37 37)Renewable Energy — Support renewable energy initiatives available to residential, <br /> 38 commercial, industrial and agricultural activities to create a market for energy credits. <br /> 39 This support will provide incentives to produce renewable energy, which will become <br /> 40 increasingly important to preserving and strengthening the economy and infrastructure, <br /> 41 and in the case of agriculture help maintain rural heritage and culture; <br /> 42 <br /> 43 38)Eminent Domain — Oppose adding language to a constitutional amendment on eminent <br /> 44 domain that extends any further preemption of county authority to regulate the <br /> 45 placement of telecommunication towers; <br /> 46 <br /> 47 39)Land, Water and Agricultural Preservation Funding — Support the Parks and <br /> 48 Recreation Trust Fund, the Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust <br /> 49 Fund, the Land and Water Fund, and other existing trust funds established for the <br /> 50 protection of the State's land, water, biological resources, agriculture, and special places <br />