A06272 Summary:

BILL NOA06272
 
SAME ASSAME AS S04490
 
SPONSORLentol
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add S481-a, RPT L
 
Relates to a privately owned vacant property temporary public benefit use exemption.
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A06272 Actions:

BILL NOA06272
 
03/20/2015referred to real property taxation
01/06/2016referred to real property taxation
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A06272 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A6272
 
SPONSOR: Lentol
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the real property tax law, in relation to a privately owned vacant property temporary public benefit use exemption   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To provide an incentive to property owners who are not able to develop their lots to instead transform them into positive amenities for the public to enjoy   SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: The Real Property Tax Law is amended by adding a new section 481-a   JUSTIFICATION: It has been shown that community gardens stabilize neighborhoods and add to the vitality to their immediate surroundings. In addition to community gardens, urban farms have, in a short period of time, proven to be a crucial link in providing fresh food of different varieties to areas that may not have the kind of access to fresh food that they should have. Pop-up parks are also a fairly new urban develop- ment that could provide additional open space options. These and other publicly beneficial uses would be welcome in any neighborhood and this legislation could provide the necessary incentive to property owners.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: A.7823 of 2013-14   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:   EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediately
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A06272 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6272
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     March 20, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Real Property Taxation
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend the real property tax law, in relation to a privately
          owned vacant property temporary public benefit use exemption
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The  real  property  tax  law  is amended by adding a new
     2  section 481-a to read as follows:
     3    § 481-a. Privately owned vacant property temporary public benefit  use
     4  exemption. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, where
     5  privately owned vacant property is temporarily used for the public bene-
     6  fit  in  a city having a population of one million or more such property
     7  may be exempt from taxation and ad valorem levies for as  long  as  such
     8  real property shall be limited to use for the public benefit for a mini-
     9  mum  of  twenty hours a week in the months of November through March and
    10  twenty-five hours a week in the months of April through October.
    11    2. The term "public benefit", as used in this section  shall  include,
    12  but  not  be limited to, open spaces, community gardens, urban farms and
    13  pop-up parks.
    14    3. No real property shall be entitled to receive an exemption pursuant
    15  to this section if the owner or operator of  such  real  property  shall
    16  receive or may be lawfully entitled to receive pecuniary profit from the
    17  use of such real property.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01244-01-5
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