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(6) The total service charges levied by a municipality
on any institution and organization under this
section shall not exceed 2% of the gross annual
revenues of the organization. To qualify for this
limitation the institution or organization shall file
with the municipality an audit of the revenues of the
organization for the year immediately prior to the
year which the service charge is levied. The
municipal officers shall abate the service charge
amount that is in excess of 2% of the gross annual
revenues a tax-exempt entity under this section may
not exceed the lesser of 1.5% of the tax-exempt
entity's annual receipts and 20% of the amount that
would have been assessed as taxes on the property
concerned if it were not exempt from taxation.__To
qualify for this limitation, the tax-exempt entity
must file with the municipality a report of the
annual receipts of the entity for the year
immediately prior to the year for which the service
charge is levied.__The municipal officers shall abate
the service charge amount that is in excess of the
applicable limitation.__For the purposes of this
subparagraph, "annual receipts" means all streams of
income received in the most recent fiscal year by the
tax-exempt entity from any source, including receipts
of goods and services provided at the exempt
property.__"Annual receipts" does not include amounts
received by a tax-exempt entity in the form of
governmental or corporate grants, private charitable
donations, or trust or endowment earnings to the
extent that receipts in those categories are actually
spent to provide tangible and direct services to
people benefiting from the services provided by the
organization.

 
(6-A)__A municipality may establish a payment
schedule that is annual, semi-annual or quarterly.

 
(7) Municipalities shall adopt any necessary ordinances
to carry out the provisions of this paragraph
regarding service charges.

 
Service charges levied pursuant to this paragraph may be
applied only to improved tax-exempt property, which is any
parcel of land containing a building or other principal
use structure that is exempt from taxation pursuant to
this section.

 
An organization or institution that desires to secure
exemption under this section shall make written application
and file written proof of entitlement for each parcel to be


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