Washington § 82.90.050 - Requirements for recipients — Meaningful construction.

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§ 82.90.050. Requirements for recipients — Meaningful construction.

(1) The recipient of a deferral certificate under RCW 82.90.040 must begin meaningful construction on an eligible investment project within one year of receiving a deferral certificate, unless construction was delayed due to circumstances beyond the recipient's control. Lack of funding is not considered a circumstance beyond the recipient's control.
(2) If the recipient does not begin meaningful construction on an eligible investment project within one year of receiving a deferral certificate, the deferral certificate issued under RCW 82.90.040 is invalid and taxes deferred under this chapter are due immediately.
(3) A recipient of a deferral certificate under RCW 82.90.040 must notify the department and update the information originally provided in the application if the solar canopy, at the time of completion, will produce an amount of electricity that is less than 85 percent of the nameplate capacity originally assumed.
(4) Each recipient of a deferral of taxes under this chapter must file a complete annual tax performance report with the department under RCW 82.32.534 for the year the solar canopy is certified as operationally complete and for the subsequent seven years. If the solar canopy ceases to be connected to the electrical grid, the annual tax performance report is no longer required beginning on the date the solar canopy was disconnected from the electrical grid.
[ 2022 c 161 s 5.]

Notes

Tax preference performance statement—Automatic tax preference expiration—Exception—2022 c 161: See notes following RCW 82.90.040.

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