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except as provided under paragraph (b). The subdivision may specify in the abatement resolution a shorter duration. If the resolution does not specify a period of time, the abatement is for eight years. If an abatement has been granted to a parcel of property and the peri~)d of the abatement has expired, the poi)tical subdivision that granted the abatement may not grant another abatement for eight years after the expiration of the first abatement. This prohibition does not apply to improvements added after and not subject to the first abatement. (b) A political subdivision proposing to abate taxes for a parcel may request, in writing, that the other political subdivisions in which the parcel Is located grant an abatement for the property. If one of the other political subdivisions declines, in wdting, to grant an abatement or if 90 days pass after receipt of the request te grant an abatement without a written response from one of the political subdivisions, the duration limit for an abatement for the parcel by the requesting political subdivision and any other participating political subdivision is increased te20 years. If the political subdivision which declined to grant an abatement later grants an abatement for the parcel, the 20-year duration limit is reduced by one year for each year that the declining political subdivision grants an abatement for the parcel during the period of the abatement granted by the requesting political subdivision. The duration limit may not be reduced below the limit under paragraph (a). Subd. 6a. Deferment payment schedule. When the tax ~s deferred and the Interest and penalty abated, the political subdivision must set a schedule for repayments. The deferred payment must be included with the cument taxes due and payable in the years the deferred payments are due and payable and must be levied accordingly. Subd. 6b. Extended duration limit. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision 6, a political