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<section article="gtp" article_name="Tax - Property" number="7-506.2" title_number="7" title_name="Property Tax Exemptions" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="County Exemptions -- Optional; Payments in Lieu of Taxes">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Real property may be exempt from municipal corporation property tax if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the real property is owned by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a former tenant of the real property;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>an association of tenants or former tenants of the real property;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>an entity in which former tenants or an association of tenants or former tenants holds a majority interest; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>a cooperative housing corporation that:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>operates on a nonprofit basis;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>operates on a limited equity basis; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>is subject to controls on the corporation’s rates of return;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the owner and the governing body of the municipal corporation where the real property is located agree that the owner shall pay a negotiated amount in lieu of the applicable municipal corporation property tax; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the owner of the real property agrees to maintain at least 10% of the total number of residential units as housing for low to moderate income households, as set forth in an agreement between the owner and the governing body of the municipal corporation where the real property is located.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Real property described in subsection (a) of this section is exempt when the requirements of subsection (a) of this section are met.</text>
  </level>
</section>
