N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-277.13 — (Effective for taxes imposed for taxable years beginning on or after July 1, 2025) Taxation of improvements on brownfields

(a) Qualifying improvements on brownfields properties are designated a special class of property under Article V, Sec. 2(2) of the North Carolina Constitution and shall be appraised, assessed, and taxed in accordance with this section. An owner of real property subject to a brownfields agreement entered into by the Department of Environmental Quality pursuant to G.S. 130A-310.32 is entitled to the partial exclusion provided by this section for five taxable years after completion of qualifying improvements made after July 1, 2000. After property has qualified for the exclusion provided by this section, the assessor for the county in which the property is located shall annually appraise the improvements made to the property during the period of time that the owner is entitled to the exclusion. Subsequent qualifying improvements shall also be entitled to a separate exclusionary period. (b) For the purposes of this section, the terms "qualifying improvements on brownfields properties" and "qualifying improvements" mean improvements made after the Department of Environmental Quality provides written confirmation that the real property is eligible for a brownfields agreement pursuant to the Brownfields Property Reuse Act of 1997, Part 5 of Article 9 of Chapter 130A of the General Statutes, as amended, and provided that the real property is or becomes subject to a brownfields agreement as required under subsection (a) of this section. (c) The following table establishes the percentage of the appraised value of the qualified improvements that is excluded based on the taxable year: Year Percent of Appraised Value Excluded Year 1 90% Year 2 75% Year 3 50% Year 4 30% Year 5 10%. (2000-158, s. 1; 2015-241, s. 14.30(u); 2025-53, s. 1.)