Section 499-BBB. Real property tax abatement  


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  • An eligible building shall
      receive an abatement of real property taxes as provided  in  this  title
      and the rules promulgated hereunder.
        1.  The  amount  of such tax abatement shall be four dollars and fifty
      cents  per  square  foot  of  a  green  roof  pursuant  to  an  approved
      application  for  tax  abatement;  provided, however, that the amount of
      such tax abatement shall not  exceed  the  lesser  of  (a)  one  hundred
      thousand  dollars  or (b) the tax liability for the eligible building in
      the tax year in which the tax abatement is taken.
        2. Such tax abatement shall  commence  on  July  first  following  the
      approval of an application for tax abatement by a designated agency, and
      shall not exceed one year.
        3.  With respect to any eligible building held in the condominium form
      of ownership that receive a tax abatement pursuant to this  title,  such
      tax abatement benefits shall be apportioned among all of the condominium
      tax lots within such eligible building.
        4.  If,  as  a  result of application to the tax commission or a court
      order or action by the department  of  finance,  the  billable  assessed
      value for the fiscal year in which the tax abatement is taken is reduced
      after the assessment roll becomes final, the department of finance shall
      recalculate the abatement so that the abatement granted shall not exceed
      the  annual  tax  liability  as  so  reduced.  The  amount  equal to the
      difference between the abatement originally granted and the abatement as
      so recalculated shall be deducted from any refund otherwise  payable  or
      remission  otherwise  due  as  a  result  of  such reduction in billable
      assessed value.