LD 1923
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LR 2781
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reimbursement pursuant to section 661 with respect to property
entitled to exemption under this section unless the assessor
certifies to the State Tax Assessor that the property qualifies for
such exemption.__The local taxing jurisdiction shall file an annual
certification for business equipment exemptions by the November 1st
following the April 1st exemption date or 30 days after commitment
of taxes, whichever is later, but in no event later than 120 days
following the November 1st following the April 1st exemption
date.__ All exemptions certified by the local taxing jurisdiction
must be applied in calculating the taxable valuation of property in
that jurisdiction, unless the jurisdiction determines that the
property is not entitled to exemption and provides a corrected
certification to the State Tax Assessor.

 
6.__State valuation.__The State Tax Assessor shall annually
determine the value of property that is exempt pursuant to this
section based upon the business equipment exemption
certifications filed by local taxing jurisdictions under
subsection 5.__The State Tax Assessor shall use the valuation of
exempt property so determined to compute the reimbursement
required by section 661 arising from property tax exemptions.__
The State Tax Assessor shall establish a uniform methodology to
be used in determining the just value of certified exempt
property.__The valuations of certified exempt property as
determined by the State Tax Assessor must be reported to local
taxing jurisdictions no later than July 1st following receipt of
the certified reports.__The valuations determined may be appealed
in the same fashion as provided for the state valuation
determined in accordance with section 305, subsection 1, with the
exception that the State Board of Property Tax Review, as
established by Title 5, section 12004-B, subsection 6, must
render its decision no later than November 15th following the
date on which the appeal is taken.__The board must certify its
decisions on these exemption appeals to the State Tax Assessor by
December 1st of the year following the application of the
exemption.__The valuations of exempt property must be filed with
the Secretary of State by December 10th following the year of
exemption.

 
7.__State review; appeal by municipality.__The State Tax
Assessor may review exemption claims made under this section and
may disqualify any exemption certified under subsection 5 within
a 2-year period from the date of the local tax jurisdiction
certification.__In a case in which a local taxing jurisdiction
has already received reimbursement, the excess reimbursement may
be offset against the next reimbursement payment.__A local taxing
jurisdiction aggrieved by a decision of the State Tax Assessor to
disqualify a certified exemption after the exemption amount has


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