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20 ARTICLE VI Tax Increment; Taxes Section 6.1. Right to Collect Delinquent Taxes. The Developer acknowledges that the Authority is providing substantial aid and assistance in furtherance of the development through the issuance of the TIF Note. The Developer understands that the Tax Increments pledged to payment on the TIF Note are derived from real estate taxes on the Development Property, which taxes must be promptly and timely paid. To that end, the Developer agrees for itself, its successors and assigns, in addition to the obligation pursuant to statute to pay real estate taxes, that it is also obligated by reason of this Agreement to pay before delinquency all real estate taxes assessed against the Development Property and the Minimum Improvements. The Developer acknowledges that this obligation creates a contractual right on behalf of the Authority to sue the Developer or its successors and assigns to collect delinquent real estate taxes and any penalty or interest thereon and to pay over the same as a tax payment to the county auditor. In any such suit, the Authority shall also be entitled to recover its costs, expenses and reasonable attorney fees. Nothing in this Agreement in any way limits or prevents the Developer from contesting the assessor’s proposed market values for the Development Property or the Minimum Improvements, but the Developer recognizes that such action may affect the amount of Available Tax Increment. Section 6.2. Reduction of Taxes. The Developer agrees that after the date of certification of the Tax Increment District and prior to completion of the Minimum Improvements, it will not cause a reduction in the real property taxes paid in respect of the Tax Increment District Property through: (A) willful destruction of the Minimum Improvements, the Tax Increment District Property or any part thereof (except for the demolition of structures, if any, required to construct the Minimum Improvements); or (B) willful refusal to reconstruct damaged or destroyed property pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof. The Developer also agrees that it will not, prior to the Maturity Date, (i) seek exemption from property tax for the Tax Increment District Property; (ii) convey or transfer or allow conveyance or transfer of the Tax Increment District Property to any entity that is exempt from payment of real property taxes under State law; or (iii) seek or agree to any reduction of the assessor’s estimated market value to below the Minimum Market Value. The Developer may, at any time following the issuance of the Certificate of Completion, seek through petition or other means to have the Assessors Estimated Market Value for the Tax Increment District Property reduced to not less than the Minimum Market Value. Such activity must be preceded by written notice from the Developer to the Authority indicating its intention to do so. Section 6.3. Qualifications. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the parties acknowledge and agree that upon Transfer of the Development Property to another person or entity, the Developer will remain obligated under Sections 6.1 and 6.2 hereof, unless the Developer is