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receive reimbursement, the qualified community wind power | generator must file a claim for reimbursement in accordance | with this subsection. Reimbursement may not be issued to a | qualified community wind power generator under this paragraph | unless the contractor or subcontractor has previously | submitted to the bureau a certificate, signed by the | contractor or subcontractor, releasing the contractor's or | subcontractor's claim to the reimbursement. The certificate | must be in a format prescribed by the State Tax Assessor. |
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| | 4. Limitations. Limitations on reimbursements made pursuant to | this section are governed by this subsection. |
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| A. Reimbursements made by the State Tax Assessor pursuant to | this section are limited to taxes paid in connection with | sales of tangible personal property that occur within a | period of 5 years from the date the qualified community wind | power generator receiving the property is certified pursuant | to section 5219-AA or by December 31, 2011, whichever occurs | first. |
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| B. Reimbursement pursuant to this section of taxes paid in | connection with the sale of tangible personal property | subsequently attached to real property may not be made when | those real property improvements: |
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| (1) Are owned by more than one person prior to their | acquisition by the qualified community wind power | generator whose certification accompanies the | reimbursement claim pursuant to subsection 3; or |
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| (2) Have been used for a business purpose by a person | other than the qualified community wind power generator | whose certification accompanies the reimbursement claim | pursuant to subsection 3. |
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| | 5. Audit. The State Tax Assessor has the authority to audit | any claim filed under this section. If the assessor determines | that the amount of the claimed reimbursement is incorrect, the | assessor shall redetermine the claim and notify the claimant in |
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| writing of the redetermination. If the claimant has received | reimbursement of an amount that the assessor concludes should not | have been reimbursed, the assessor may issue an assessment for | that amount within 3 years from the date the reimbursement claim | was filed or at any time if a fraudulent reimbursement claim was | filed. The claimant may seek reconsideration, pursuant to section | 151, of the redetermination or assessment. |
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