| | | B.__If a prior year's tax commitment reflects the effect of | | extraordinary, nonrecurring events, a municipality may | | submit a written notice to the State Tax Assessor requesting | | an adjustment in the levy calculation, which adjustment must | | be determined in a reasonable amount of time. |
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| | | 4.__Income growth factor.__The income growth factor applicable | | to fiscal years following the effective date of this section is | | the base growth factor, which for purposes of this section means | | the average real personal income growth rate as defined in Title | | 5, section 1665, subsection 1, which rate may not exceed 2.75%.__ | | For fiscal years commencing after such time as the state tax | | burden ranks in the middle 1/3 of all states, the growth factor | | must become the personal income growth factor as defined in Title | | 5, section 1664.__For purposes of this section, "state tax | | burden" has the same meaning as set forth in Title 5, section | | 1664.__For any fiscal year thereafter, if the State Tax Assessor | | determines pursuant to Title 5, section 1664 that the state tax | | burden has increased to the highest 1/3 of all states, the growth | | factor for the following fiscal year must be the base growth | | factor.__In all other fiscal years when the state tax burden | | ranks in the middle 1/3 of all states, the growth factor must be | | the personal income growth factor. |
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| | | 5.__Adjustment for new state funding.__If the State provides | | net new funds to a municipality for existing services funded in | | whole or in part by property taxes, other than required state | | mandate funds pursuant to section 5685 that do not displace | | current property tax expenditures, the municipality shall lower | | its property tax levy limit in that year in an amount equal to | | the net new funds.__For purposes of this subsection, "net new | | funds" means the amount of funds received by the municipality | | from the State in that fiscal year, with respect to services | | funded in whole or in part by property taxes, less the following | | product:__the amount of such funds received in the prior fiscal | | year multiplied by an adjustment factor.__The adjustment factor | | equals: one plus the income growth factor set forth in subsection | | 4 plus the municipality's annual property growth factor as | | defined in subsection 1.__If a municipality receives net new | | funds in any fiscal year for which its levy limit has not been | | adjusted as provided in this subsection, the municipality shall | | adjust its levy limit in the following year in an amount equal to | | the net new funds. |
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| | | 6.__Extraordinary event.__Upon the affirmative vote of its | | legislative body, a municipality may exceed its property tax levy | | limit in an amount necessary to comply with a court order or | | decree or to respond to an extraordinary event.__"Extraordinary | | event" includes any catastrophic event outside the control of the | | legislative body, such as natural disasters, severe weather |
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