LD 1985
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LR 3053
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business to that nonprofit housing corporation is
eligible for an exemption limited to 50% of the municipal
assessed value of that property.

 
An exemption granted under this subparagraph must be
revoked for any year in which the owner of the property
is no longer a nonprofit housing corporation or the
operation of the residential rental housing is an
unrelated trade or business to that nonprofit housing
corporation.

 
(a) For the purposes of this subparagraph, the
following terms have the following meanings.

 
(i) "Federally subsidized residential rental
housing" means residential rental housing
that is subsidized through project-based
rental assistance, operating assistance or
interest rate subsidies paid or provided by
or on behalf of an agency or department of
the Federal Government.

 
(ii) "Nonprofit housing corporation" means a
nonprofit corporation organized in the State
that is exempt from tax under Section
501(c)(3) of the Code and has among its
corporate purposes the provision of services
to people of low income or the construction,
rehabilitation, ownership or operation of
housing.

 
(iii) "Residential rental housing" means one
or more buildings, together with any
facilities functionally related and
subordinate to the building or buildings,
located on one parcel of land and held in
common ownership prior to the conversion to
nonprofit status and containing 9 or more
similarly constructed residential units
offered for rental to the general public for
use on other than a transient basis, each of
which contains separate and complete
facilities for living, sleeping, eating,
cooking and sanitation.

 
(iv) "Unrelated trade or business" means any trade or business
whose conduct is not substantially related to the exercise or
performance by a nonprofit corporation of the purposes or
functions constituting the basis


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