Section 499-BBBB. 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 as follows:
        (a) if the solar electric generating system is placed in service on or
      after  the  effective  date  of this title and before January first, two
      thousand eleven, for  each  year  of  the  compliance  period  such  tax
      abatement  shall be the lesser of (i) eight and three-fourths percent of
      eligible solar electric generating system expenditures, (ii) the  amount
      of  taxes  payable  in  such  tax year, or (iii) sixty-two thousand five
      hundred dollars; or
        (b) if the solar electric generating system is placed in service on or
      after January first, two thousand eleven, and before January first,  two
      thousand  thirteen,  for  each  year  of  the compliance period such tax
      abatement shall be the lesser of (i)  five  percent  of  eligible  solar
      electric  generating  system  expenditures,  (ii)  the  amount  of taxes
      payable in such tax year,  or  (iii)  sixty-two  thousand  five  hundred
      dollars.
        2.  Such  tax  abatement  shall  commence  on July first following the
      approval of an application for tax abatement by a designated agency, and
      may not be carried over to any subsequent tax year.
        3. With respect to any eligible building held in the condominium  form
      of  ownership that receives 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 any 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.