LD 1985
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LR 3053
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for exemption under Section 501(c)(3) of the
Code.

 
(b) Eligibility of the following property for
exemption is not affected by the provisions of
this subparagraph:

 
(i) Property used as a nonprofit nursing
home, residential care facility licensed by
the Department of Health and Human Services
pursuant to Title 22, chapter 1663 or a
community living arrangement as defined in
Title 30-A, section 4357-A or any property
owned by a nonprofit organization licensed or
funded by the Department of Health and Human
Services to provide services to or for the
benefit of persons with mental illness or
mental retardation;

 
(ii) Property used for student housing;

 
(iii) Property used for parsonages;

 
(iv) Property that was owned and occupied or
used to provide residential rental housing
that qualified for exemption under paragraph
A or B prior to September 1, 1993; or

 
(v) Property exempt from taxation under
other provisions of law; and

 
(7) In addition to the requirements of subparagraphs
(1) to (4), an exemption is not allowed under paragraph
A or B for real or personal property owned and occupied
or used to provide residential rental housing that is
transferred or placed in service on or after September
1, 1993, unless the property is owned by a nonprofit
housing corporation and the operation of the
residential rental housing is not an unrelated trade or
business to the nonprofit housing corporation.

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

 
(a) "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


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