TITLE 19. FINANCE, TAXES AND COLLECTIONS
CHAPTER 19-3200. KEYSTONE OPPORTUNITY ZONE
§19-3213. Recapture. [391]
(1) General rule. If any qualified business
located within the Zone has received an exemption, abatement or credit under
this Chapter and subsequently relocates outside of the Zone within five years,
that business shall refund to the City or School District, as applicable, the
following:
(a) If a qualified business relocates within three years from
the date of first locating in the Zone, 66% of all the exemptions, abatements or
credits attributed to that qualified business's participation in the Zone
shall be refunded.
(b) If a qualified business relocates within three
to five years from the date of first locating in the Zone, 33% of all
exemptions, abatements or credits attributed to that qualified business's
participation in the Zone shall be refunded.
(c) If the qualified
business was located within a facility operated by a nonprofit organization to
assist in the creation and development of a start-up business, no exemption,
abatement or credit shall be refunded.
(2) If the Department, the Board
of Revisions of Taxes or DCED finds that a taxpayer claimed an abatement,
exemption or credit of real estate tax or any other tax to which the taxpayer
was not entitled under the Act or this Chapter, the taxpayer shall be liable for
the abated taxes and subject to the applicable interest and penalty provisions
provided by law.