| B.__If a prior year's tax commitment reflects the effect of | extraordinary, nonrecurring events, a municipality may | submit a written notice to the State Tax Assessor requesting | an adjustment in the levy calculation, which adjustment must | be determined in a reasonable amount of time. |
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| | 4.__Income growth factor.__The income growth factor applicable | to fiscal years following the effective date of this section is | the base growth factor, which for purposes of this section means | the average real personal income growth rate as defined in Title | 5, section 1665, subsection 1, which rate may not exceed 2.75%.__ | For fiscal years commencing after such time as the state tax | burden ranks in the middle 1/3 of all states, the growth factor | must become the personal income growth factor as defined in Title | 5, section 1664.__For purposes of this section, "state tax | burden" has the same meaning as set forth in Title 5, section | 1664.__For any fiscal year thereafter, if the State Tax Assessor | determines pursuant to Title 5, section 1664 that the state tax | burden has increased to the highest 1/3 of all states, the growth | factor for the following fiscal year must be the base growth | factor.__In all other fiscal years when the state tax burden | ranks in the middle 1/3 of all states, the growth factor must be | the personal income growth factor. |
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| | 5.__Adjustment for new state funding.__If the State provides | net new funds to a municipality for existing services funded in | whole or in part by property taxes, other than required state | mandate funds pursuant to section 5685 that do not displace | current property tax expenditures, the municipality shall lower | its property tax levy limit in that year in an amount equal to | the net new funds.__For purposes of this subsection, "net new | funds" means the amount of funds received by the municipality | from the State in that fiscal year, with respect to services | funded in whole or in part by property taxes, less the following | product:__the amount of such funds received in the prior fiscal | year multiplied by an adjustment factor.__The adjustment factor | equals: one plus the income growth factor set forth in subsection | 4 plus the municipality's annual property growth factor as | defined in subsection 1.__If a municipality receives net new | funds in any fiscal year for which its levy limit has not been | adjusted as provided in this subsection, the municipality shall | adjust its levy limit in the following year in an amount equal to | the net new funds. |
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| | 6.__Extraordinary event.__Upon the affirmative vote of its | legislative body, a municipality may exceed its property tax levy | limit in an amount necessary to comply with a court order or | decree or to respond to an extraordinary event.__"Extraordinary | event" includes any catastrophic event outside the control of the | legislative body, such as natural disasters, severe weather |
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