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___________________ moved that SB 125 be amended as follows:

     On page 2, line 19 of the printed bill, delete " The " and insert "If the owner of the real property files an affidavit stating that the owner is going to move the abandoned mobile home or manufactured home for the purpose of disposing of the home and that the owner will pay all taxes that remain unpaid on the home should the owner decide to refurbish and reuse the home, the".

On page 2 , after line 21, insert:

"      Section 5. That § 10-18-2 be amended to read as follows:
     10-18-2.   The board of county commissioners may compromise, abate or rebate taxes in the following cases:

             (1)      The board may abate any or all of the delinquent taxes and penalty on real property if taxes remain unpaid and the property has been offered for sale as required by the code for two successive years and not sold because of depreciation in the value of the property or otherwise, or if any property has been bid in by the county and one year has elapsed since the bid;

             (2)      If the board determines that the full amount of any taxes extended and charged against any real property platted into lots and blocks cannot be realized by a sale of the property or otherwise, it may settle or compromise any of the taxes for any year or years as in its judgment is in the best interest of the county;

             (3)      The board may compromise, abate, or cancel any taxes extended against any real property conveyed to the State of South Dakota for the benefit of any of its educational institutions, or when the county has acquired lands through foreclosure of permanent school fund mortgage loans, courthouse building fund loans, jail building fund loans, courthouse and jail building fund loans, or through foreclosure of mortgages pledged to the county to secure county deposits or lands taken in satisfaction thereof;

             (4)      The board may, as a means of relief, abate in an equitable manner the taxes assessed or extended against real property for the year in which a loss occurred because of flood, fire, storm, or other unavoidable casualty;

             (5)      Repealed by SL 1992, ch 80, § 148.

             (6)      If the board determines that the full amount of any taxes extended and charged against a centrally assessed railroad company cannot be realized by a sale of the property or otherwise, and the railroad is in bankruptcy or receivership, the board may settle or compromise any of the taxes for any year or years as in its judgment is in the best interest of the county;

             (7)      The board may abate or refund the taxes assessed or extended on any real property from which structures have been removed after the assessment date upon verification by the director of equalization . ;

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             (8)      The board may abate or refund the taxes pursuant to § 10-6A-4 ;
    (9)    The board may abate any unpaid taxes on a mobile home or manufactured home that was abandoned and failed to sell pursuant to this Act .

     The amount of any such taxes so compromised, abated, or refunded shall be apportioned pro rata among the several funds and taxing districts affected thereby. ".