1.    A centrally assessed wind turbine electric generation unit with a nameplate generation capacity of one hundred kilowatts or more on which construction is completed before January 1, 2015, must be valued at three percent of assessed value to determine taxable valuation of the property except:

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 57-06-14.1

  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Taxable valuation: signifies the valuation remaining after deducting exemptions and making other reductions from the original assessed valuation, and is the valuation upon which the rate of levy finally is computed and against which the taxes finally are extended. See North Dakota Code 57-02-01

a.    A centrally assessed wind turbine electric generation unit with a nameplate generation capacity of one hundred kilowatts or more, for which a purchased power agreement was executed after April 30, 2005, and before January 1, 2006, and construction was completed after April 30, 2005, and before July 1, 2006,     must be valued at one and one-half percent of assessed value to determine taxable valuation of the property; and

b.    A centrally assessed wind turbine electric generation unit with a nameplate generation capacity of one hundred kilowatts or more, on which construction is completed after June 30, 2006, and before January 1, 2015, must be valued at one and one-half percent of assessed value to determine taxable valuation of the property.

2.    A centrally assessed wind turbine electric generation unit with a nameplate generation capacity of one hundred kilowatts or more, on which construction is completed after December 31, 2014, or which is twenty years or more from the date of first assessment, is subject to taxes in lieu of property taxes, to be determined as provided in subsection 1 of section 57-33.2-04 and subject to any associated administrative provisions of chapter 57-33.2.