LD 1893
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newly constructed as a replacement for the substantially damaged or
destroyed property.

 
This subdivision shall apply to any comparable replacement
property acquired or newly constructed on or after July 1, 1999
and to the determination of base-year values for the 1996-97
fiscal year and fiscal years thereafter.

 
6.__Replacement property.__For the purposes of subsection 5:

 
A.__Property is substantially damaged or destroyed if it
sustains physical damage amounting to more than 50 percent
of its value immediately before the disaster.__Damage
includes a diminution in the value of real or personal
property as a result of restricted access caused by the
disaster; and

 
B.__Replacement property is comparable to the property
substantially damaged or destroyed if it is similar in size,
utility and function to the real and personal property that
it replaces, and if the fair market value of the acquired
property is comparable to the fair market value of the
replaced said property prior to the disaster.

 
7.__Property transfers between spouses.__For the purpose of
subsection 1, the terms "purchased" and "change in ownership"
shall not include the purchase or transfer of real or personal
property between spouses since April 1, 1999, including, but not
limited to, all of the following:

 
A.__Transfers to a trustee for the beneficial use of a
spouse, or the surviving spouse of a deceased transferor, or
by a trustee of such a trust to the spouse of the trustor;

 
B.__Transfer to a spouse that takes effect upon the death of
a spouse;

 
C.__Transfer to a spouse or former spouse in connection with
a property settlement agreement or decree of dissolution of
a marriage or legal separation;

 
D.__The creation, transfer or termination, solely between
spouses, of any coowner's interest; and

 
E.__The distribution of a legal entity's property to a
spouse or a former spouse in exchange for the interest of
the spouses in the legal entity in connection with a
property settlement agreement or a decree of dissolution of
a marriage or legal separation.


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