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Texas; before any affidavit relating to contingencies 1-4 above shall be filed in the deed <br />records of Lamar County, Texas, the Grantee shall be given notice of the event causing the <br />reverter and 10 business days to cure (the first day shall be the date the notice is presented <br />to Grantee if hand delivered to the Grantee, otherwise the second business day after the <br />notice is turned over to the United States Postal Service or other delivery service for <br />delivery to the Grantee). <br />V. <br />Terms Specific to the Residential Tax Abatement Agreement—Texas Tax Code Chapter <br />312 <br />A. Term <br />5.1 The term of this Tax Abatement Agreement shall commence on June 12, 2023. It is <br />the intention of this Tax Abatement Agreement that Owner receive an abatement of taxes on <br />each dwelling unit constructed as it is completed and issued a Certificate of Completion by City. <br />Consequently, each dwelling. unit constructed and completed shall have its own five (5) year <br />abatement period. The abatement period for each constructed and completed dwelling unit shall <br />commence on January 1 of the year following City's issuance of a Certificate of Completion on <br />said dwelling unit and end on the fifth (5t') anniversary of the commencement of the abatement <br />period. This Tax Abatement Agreement shall terminate upon the expiration of the final <br />abatement period granted herein unless otherwise terminated by default or agreement of the <br />Parties. <br />B. Abatement <br />5.2 Subject to the terms and conditions of this Economic Development Agreement and <br />Tax Abatement Agreement, in further consideration for the construction and completion of the <br />Improvements required herein and subject to the rights and holders of any outstanding bonds of <br />the City, a portion of the maintenance and operations (M & O) ad valorem property taxes <br />assessed upon each Improvement and otherwise owed to the City shall be abated for a period of <br />five (5) years in an amount equal to 100% per year of the taxes assessed upon the increased <br />value of the Improvements made by Owner to the Properties described in Section 3.1 of this <br />Agreement, over the value in the year by which this agreement is executed (the "Base Value"), in <br />accordance with the terms of this Agreement and all applicable state and local regulations or <br />valid waivers thereof, provided that the Owner shall have the right to protest or contest any <br />assessment of the Properties and said abatement shall be applied to the amount of taxes finally <br />determined to be due as a result of any such protest or contest. For the purposes of this <br />Agreement, the Base Value of the existing real property shall be deemed to be the value as <br />shown on the tax rolls of the Lamar County Appraisal District as of January 1, 2023. <br />5 <br />