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. _ 9 TAX MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES, INCORPORATED _ ►1D. LEE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY SERVICES CONTRACT ADDENDUM This Contract Addendum is made and entered into this 1 13 — day of 2011 by and between LEE COUNTY, a political subdivision of the State of North Carolina, hereinafter referred to as "COUNTY" and TAX MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES, INC., a corporation authorized to conduct business in North Carolina, hereinafter referred to as "TMA ". WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, COUNTY and CONTRACTOR have previously entered into an agreement dated October I s `, 1996 for Business Personal Property Audits, and WHEREAS, COUNTY and TMA desire to amend that agreement by this written Contract Addendum while keeping in effect all terms and conditions of the original agreement. THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements made herein, the parties agree as follows: 1. ADDITIONAL SERVICES In accordance to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, TMA agrees to provide business personal property Discovery Services. Discovery Services shall generally mean the discovery of taxpayer business personal property which was not subject to assessment and taxation as required under North Carolina law due the taxpayer's failure to file a Return or Returns within the COUNTY. Pursuant to the aforementioned, both parties shall agree to the following: A. Services: "Discovery Services" will locate and record all businesses within the COUNTY statutorily required to file a Business Personal Property Tax Listing Form ("Listing Form ") but are not presently doing so. All businesses identified by COUNTY will be verified by COUNTY before they are added to the COUNTY roll. Any business found to be operating in the COUNTY, but not filing the Listing Form is known as a "Discovered Business" and refers to a "single physical location. 1. Collect electronic information from the COUNTY: COUNTY shall provide TMA electronic copies of Listing Forms and commercial and industrial real parcel information for the tax year under review. ''his information will include, for each business currently filing a Listing Form in the jurisdiction, the business name, owner name, "doing business as" information, property address, mailing address, parcel identification number, and other like information which may help TMA identify unique business establishments and their locations. The electronic information provided to TMA will be considered a full and final list, and all businesses discovered by TMA through the Discovery Services which are not represented on this list will be considered Final Product as defined in Section 1.6.