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benefit base that exceeds 4% but does not exceed 8% of income plus
100% of that portion of the benefit base that exceeds 8% of income
to a maximum payment of $1,250.

 
2.__Income eligibility.__A single-member household with a
household income in excess of $29,900 and a household with 2 or
more members with a household income in excess of $46,300 are not
eligible for a benefit.

 
3.__Subsidized housing; special needs payment.__A claim may
not be granted under this section to claimants whose housing
costs for the year for which relief is requested were subsidized
by government programs that limit housing costs to a percentage
of household income, except that the exclusion provided by this
subsection does not apply to persons receiving social security
disability or supplemental security income disability benefits.

 
§6231.__Elderly option

 
If a claimant representing an elderly household would qualify
for a larger benefit under section 6230 than the claimant would
receive under section 6229, then that claimant may choose to
receive the benefit calculated under section 6230.

 
§6232.__Annual adjustment

 
Beginning April 1, 2005, and annually thereafter, the assessor
shall determine the household income eligibility adjustment
factor. That factor must be multiplied by the income limitations
in section 6229 applicable for the year prior to that for which
relief is requested. The result must be rounded to the nearest
$100 and applies to the year for which relief is requested
corresponding to the year on which the annualized cost-of-living
adjustments were based. Beginning April 1, 2005, the same
procedure must be employed to adjust the income limitation in
section 6230, subsection 2.

 
§6233.__Eligibility for multiple benefits

 
An eligible claimant may receive a property tax relief payment
under section 6228 and either section 6229 or 6230, but not both,
if eligible pursuant to each section, but only to the extent that
the property tax relief payment does not exceed the property
taxes actually owed.

 
§6234.__Payments

 
1.__Generally.__Annually, after approving the property tax
relief payment applications, the assessor shall prepare and
certify lists of persons entitled to a property tax relief


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