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<section article="gtp" article_name="Tax - Property" number="7-514" title_number="7" title_name="Property Tax Exemptions" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="County Exemptions -- Optional; Payments in Lieu of Taxes">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The governing body of a county or a municipal corporation may enter into an agreement with the owner of a facility for the generation of electricity that is located or locates in the county or the municipal corporation for a negotiated payment by the owner in lieu of taxes on the facility.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An agreement for a negotiated payment in lieu of taxes under this section shall provide that, for the term specified in the agreement:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the owner shall pay to the county or municipal corporation a specified amount each year in lieu of the payment of county or municipal corporation real and personal property tax; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>all or a specified part of the real and personal property at the facility shall be exempt from county or municipal corporation property tax for the term of the agreement.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>As specified in the agreement for a negotiated payment in lieu of taxes under this section, for the term specified in the agreement, the real and personal property at a facility for the generation of electricity that is located or locates in the county or the municipal corporation is exempt from county or municipal corporation property tax.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>For each taxable year, Washington County shall distribute to the Town of Williamsport an amount equal to 35% of any amount received by the county under a negotiated payment in lieu of taxes under this section from an owner of an electricity generation facility that is located or locates in the Town of Williamsport.</text>
  </level>
</section>
