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twentieth-century hospital. Outline your arguments-both pro and con--for this debate topic: Resolved, that government shall eliminate all favorable tax treatment for not-for-profit healthcare organizations." 3. Consider Genesee Hospital. Do you see any parallels between that case and Charlotte Hungerford Hospital (discussed in The Court Decides in chapter 3)? Both cases concern the use of hospital property for a medical office building. In Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, the arrangement was upheld; in Genesee Hospital, it was not (in effect). Why were the cases decided differently? 4. Suppose the law requires that, for a property to be tax exempt, it must be used for exempt purposes. Suppose also that January 1 is the assessment date, and the use of the property on that date determines its exempt status for the coming year. In July 2016, a hospital buys a parcel of land near its main campus to build a facility for housing and maintaining its fleet of ambulances. Construction begins on December 1, 2016, and is completed in June 2017. The hospital starts using the building as an ambulance station on June 30, 2017. Should the land be considered exempt for 2016? What if construction had begun on January 2, 2017? 5. Discuss the future of property tax exemption in your state in the wake of decisions such as Provena. a