CHAPTER 36

(HB 1112)

Property tax exemption created for certain property.


         ENTITLED, An Act to  exempt certain real property owned by local industrial development corporations from property taxation.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:

     Section  1.  That chapter 10-4 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:

     One hundred thousand dollars of the full and true value of the total amount of real property or portion thereof owned by a local industrial development corporation defined pursuant to §  5-14-23 is exempt from property taxation. The full and true value of the real property that is in excess of one hundred thousand dollars shall be taxed as other property of the same class is taxed. If any municipality has more than one local industrial development corporation owning real property within its incorporated boundaries, the total value of exempt property provided by this section shall be equally divided between each local industrial development corporation.

     Section  2.  That § 10-4-15 be amended to read as follows:

     10-4-15.   Any person, organization, corporation, or association claiming a property tax exemption status for any property under section 1 of this Act or §§ 10-4-9 to 10-4-14, inclusive, or as may otherwise be provided by law, shall apply for such exemption to the county director of equalization on forms prescribed by the secretary of revenue and regulation prior to November first of the tax year.

     Signed February 22, 2006
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