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Months in the making and part of a post-stalemate budget deal between Republicans, the North Carolina House passed legislation Wednesday that would allow voters to decide if lawmakers should cap local property tax increases.<\/p>\n

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The measure passed 73-46, which is the required three-fifths majority for a chamber to pass a constitutional amendment.<\/p>\n

Two former Democrats turned unaffiliated representatives \u2014 Reps. Nasif Majeed and Carla Cunningham, both of Mecklenburg County \u2014 voted with all Republicans in favor.<\/p>\n

If the Senate also passes the bill, a constitutional amendment will be on November election ballots that asks voters if they want to require the General Assembly to instill a tax levy limit on local governments.<\/p>\n

Constitutional amendments do not need action from the governor to move ahead. The Senate is expected to vote in favor as well. Republicans control both chambers, but do not have total control in the House.<\/p>\n

However, there is not a set amount to the levy limit \u2014 that would be decided in the 2027 legislative session if voters pass the measure.<\/p>\n

Rep. Brian Echevarria said the amendment is \u201cabout protecting our people from sharp property tax increases,\u201d likening it to protecting chickens from foxes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe foxes, no matter how beautiful they are, were the reason the chickens needed to be protected in the first place,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Echevarria, a Cabarrus County Republican and vice chair of the House\u2019s property tax reform committee, said that many other states already have levy limits in place to act as guardrails.<\/p>\n

\u201cLevy limits work, the sky did not fall, services were not cut, and their residents have protection from unaffordable and unsustainable property tax hikes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

But Rep. B. Ray Jeffers, a Person County Democrat, urged lawmakers to vote no and questioned why state legislators know better than local elected officials. Jeffers previously served as a county commissioner and president of the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf the state wants control over revenue authority, then the state must also be willing to help fund the services it requires counties to provide, because responsibilities do not disappear,\u201d Jeffers said.<\/p>\n

The constitutional amendment was recommended<\/a> by the House\u2019s property tax reform committee that met from December until the legislative session began in April.<\/p>\n

Rep. Becky Carney, a longtime Mecklenburg County Democrat who served on the property tax committee, lamented the lack of real debate during floor sessions, rather than just along party lines. She said moving the amendment forward would \u201cstifle\u201d growth.<\/p>\n

Carney said \u201cwe\u2019re headed to a real bad train wreck,\u201d and that lawmakers should always consider: \u201cHow does this affect county government?\u201d<\/p>\n

She said the 2027 session \u201cis when the real hard work starts,\u201d because lawmakers would need to decide details of the levy limit.<\/p>\n

If House Bill 1089 is approved, the constitution would be amended to add: \u201cThe General Assembly shall enact general laws limiting the amount by which the levy of taxes on property may increase, which may include exceptions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cunningham, who became unaffiliated after leaving the Democratic Party when she lost her primary, argued in favor of the constitutional amendment. She said \u201cwe don\u2019t own their houses, that\u2019s their houses, that\u2019s their personal property \u2014 let them decide,\u201d meaning voters this fall.<\/p>\n

House Minority Leader Robert Reives noted that the General Assembly already has the power to instill levy limits and does not need to pass a constitutional amendment to gain that authority.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis bill does nothing,\u201d he said, as part of a list of why they shouldn\u2019t pass it.<\/p>\n

The amendment proposal also comes as local governments are finalizing their budgets for the coming fiscal year, with some planning to increase the property tax rate.<\/p>\n

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