(a) The taxpayer who claimed deferral of collection of special assessment for local improvement on the homestead dies.
(b) The homestead with respect to which deferral of collection of special assessment for local improvement is claimed is sold, or a contract to sell is entered into, or some person other than the taxpayer who claimed the deferral becomes the owner of the property.
(c) The homestead with respect to which deferral of special assessment for local improvement is claimed is no longer the homestead of the taxpayer who claimed the deferral, except in the case of a taxpayer required to be absent from the homestead by reason of health.
(2) The taxpayer or the taxpayer’s representative shall have a duty to inform the Department of Revenue of the occurrence of an event described in this section on or before December 31 following the event’s occurrence. [1977 c.859 §6; 1985 c.167 §7; 1997 c.154 §18]