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<section article="gtp" article_name="Tax - Property" number="8-422" title_number="8" title_name="Valuation and Assessment" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Assessment Preparation and Modification">
  <text>For the purpose of construction of any State or local law, an assessment of real property for a taxable year beginning after June 30, 2001 that is compared to an assessment that is effective on or before September 30, 2000, shall be computed so that:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>the two assessments are compared at the same percent of value, and any tax rate applied to the assessments is adjusted proportionately, if necessary; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>there is no change in the amount of tax due, tax relief authorized, computation of assessment ratio, or other computation based on assessments solely as a result of the change in the method of computing assessments effective October 1, 2000.</text>
  </level>
</section>
