Section 495. Exemption reports


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  • 1. Whenever a county, city, town, village or
      school  district  is  required to prepare an annual budget, the official
      required to prepare a tentative or preliminary version  of  that  budget
      shall  annex thereto an exemption report. This report shall be on a form
      prescribed by the state board and shall  show  how  much  of  the  total
      assessed  value  on  the  final  assessment  roll  or rolls used in that
      budgetary process is exempt from taxation. This report shall list  every
      type  of exemption granted, identified by statutory authority, and shall
      show (a) the cumulative impact  of  each  type  of  exemption  expressed
      either  as  a  dollar amount of assessed value or as a percentage of the
      total assessed value on the roll, (b) the cumulative amount expected  to
      be  received  from  recipients  of each type of exemption as payments in
      lieu of taxes or other payments for  municipal  services,  and  (c)  the
      cumulative  impact  of all exemptions granted. Exemptions that result in
      an impact of less than one percent may be aggregated as a single  entry.
      In  no  case  shall  an  individual  exemption recipient be named in the
      report.
        2. Notice of this report shall  be  included  in  any  notice  of  the
      preparation of the budget otherwise required by law. The report shall be
      posted  on  any bulletin board maintained by the budgeting authority for
      public notices and on any website maintained by the budgeting authority.
      This report shall be annexed to any tentative or preliminary budget  and
      shall become part of the final budget.