(a)  A certified building shall be treated as having been substantially rehabilitated only if the reconstruction and rehabilitation expenditures incurred during the twenty-four (24) month period selected by the certified building owner and ending with or within the taxable year in which the rehabilitated certified building is first placed in service by the certified building owner meet the definition of “substantial rehabilitation” set forth in § 42-64.9-4(13). For purposes of determining whether the requirements of § 42-64.9-4(13) have been met, the market value of the certified building shall be determined at the beginning of the 1st day of such twenty-four (24) month period.

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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 42-64.9-6.1

  • Certified building: means a building with respect to which the council has issued a written notice of final designation as a certified building pursuant to the provisions of Rhode Island General Laws 42-64.9-4
  • Certified building owner: means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company or other entity which is listed in the appropriate municipal records of land evidence as the owner of a certified building, and may include one or more successors in title to the owner of the building at the time the building received written notice of final designation as a certified building pursuant to Rhode Island General Laws 42-64.9-4

(b) Special rule for phased rehabilitation.  In the case of any rehabilitation which may reasonably be expected to be completed in phases set forth in architectural plans and specifications completed before the rehabilitation begins, subsection (a) of this section shall be applied by substituting “sixty (60) month period” for “twenty-four (24) month period.”

History of Section.
P.L. 2004, ch. 277, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 284, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 216, § 43.