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applicant by either personal delivery or certified mail.__An
applicant may appeal a denial of an exemption under this subchapter
using the procedures provided in subchapter 8.__If the assessor
determines that a property receiving an exemption under this
subchapter in any year within the 3 preceding years was not
eligible for the exemption, the assessor shall immediately notify
the bureau in writing.

 
§696.__Supplemental assessment

 
If the assessor makes a determination under section 695 that
property receiving an exemption under this subchapter was not
entitled to an exemption under this subchapter, the assessor
shall by means of a supplemental assessment assess the property
for which the exemption was improperly received, plus costs and
interest. The taxpayer may appeal the supplemental assessment in
the same manner as other supplemental assessments. The
supplemental assessment must be assessed and collected pursuant
to section 713.__The bureau shall deduct the amount of the
portion of the supplemental assessment that pertains to any funds
previously reimbursed to the municipality under section 694 from
the next reimbursement issued to the municipality.

 
§697.__Audits; determination of bureau

 
The bureau may audit the records of a municipality to ensure
compliance with this subchapter.__The bureau may independently
review the records of a municipality to determine if exemptions
have been properly approved.__If the bureau determines that an
exemption was improperly approved for any of the 3 years
immediately preceding the determination, the bureau shall ensure,
by setoff against other payments due the municipality under this
subchapter or subchapter 4-B, that the municipality is not
reimbursed for the exemption.

 
§698.__Appeals

 
The bureau shall send notice to the taxpayer, in the manner
and of the type provided for in section 151 in the case of a
reconsideration decision, of any decision that an exemption was
improperly or erroneously approved.__The taxpayer may seek
reconsideration pursuant to section 151 of any such decision.__
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a taxpayer does
not timely request reconsideration of the bureau's decision under
section 151, the local taxing jurisdiction must issue a
supplemental assessment with respect to such property within 90
days after the bureau's determination.__The taxpayer may not
appeal that supplemental assessment except as to issues unrelated
to the applicability of the exemption.__Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, if a taxpayer appeals a decision of the bureau


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