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Prior to finalizing annual budget decisions, localities should inform taxpayers of the property tax rate required to maintain revenues at the same level as the prior year. 

Due to their regressive nature, raising state and local sales taxes should not be the first choice for increasing tax revenues. 

States and localities should include services in the taxable base to reduce regressivity and improve neutrality. 

Exemptions from state retail sales taxes should be narrowly designed to reduce their regressive nature and avoid pyramiding. 

Property taxes should be equitable. 

Policymakers should engage in evidence-based, transparent planning and decision-making when considering upgrades to the electric grid.

Policymakers should ensure adequate, potable, and affordable water for everyone. 

Policymakers should determine what sources of financing are in the best interest of ratepayers and taxpayers.

Regulators should help the water industry realize economies of scale. They should consider consolidation, technological innovations, and other methods to control costs. 

Policymakers should establish long-term integrated resource management that ensures water demands for municipal, agricultural, and industrial uses are balanced with environmental protection and pre