Sec. 22. (a) The designating body shall determine whether to approve a deduction.

     (b) A designating body may not grant a deduction for a facility described in IC 6-1.1-12.1-3(e).

     (c) A property owner may not receive a deduction under this chapter for repairs or improvements to real property if the owner receives a deduction under either IC 6-1.1-12.1, IC 6-1.1-12-18 (before its expiration), IC 6-1.1-12-22 (before its expiration), or IC 6-1.1-12-28.5 for the same property.

     (d) A designating body may approve a deduction only if the following findings are made in the affirmative:

(1) The applicant:

(A) has never had an ownership interest in an entity that contributed; and

(B) has not contributed;

a contaminant (as defined in IC 13-11-2-42) that is the subject of the voluntary remediation, as determined under the written standards adopted by the department of environmental management.

(2) The proposed improvement or property will be located in a zone.

(3) The estimate of the value of the remediation and redevelopment is reasonable for projects of that nature.

(4) The estimate of the number of individuals who will be employed or whose employment will be retained can be reasonably expected to result from the proposed described remediation and redevelopment.

(5) The estimate of the annual salaries of those individuals who will be employed or whose employment will be retained can be reasonably expected to result from the proposed described remediation and redevelopment.

(6) Any other benefits about which information was requested are benefits that can be reasonably expected to result from the proposed described remediation and redevelopment.

(7) The totality of benefits is sufficient to justify the deduction.

As added by P.L.59-1997, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.119-1999, SEC.5; P.L.181-2016, SEC.13.