Amd SS102, 425, 574, 1126, 1136, 1138 & 1180, rpld S425 sub 2 (l), add S997, RPT L; add S382-b, Exec L; amd
SS233 & 333, rpld & add S233 sub w, RP L; amd S385, V & T L
Relates to the separate assessment of manufactured homes; includes manufactured homes for purposes of the school tax relief (STAR) exemption; relates to the issuance of tax compliance certificates to the owner of a manufactured home.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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S. 3524 A. 4398
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
SENATE - ASSEMBLY
February 5, 2013
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IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Govern-
ment
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. LOSQUADRO, FINCH, THIELE --
Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Real Property Taxation
AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, the executive law, the real
property law and the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the sepa-
rate assessment of manufactured homes; and repealing certain
provisions of the real property tax law and the real property law
relating thereto
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (g) of subdivision 12 of section 102 of the real
2 property tax law, as amended by chapter 637 of the laws of 2004, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 (g) [Forms of housing adaptable to motivation by a power connected
5 thereto, commonly called "trailers" or "mobile homes", which are or can
6 be used for residential, business, commercial or office purposes, except
7 those (1) located within the boundaries of an assessing unit for less
8 than sixty days, (2) unoccupied and for sale or (3) "recreational vehi-
9 cles" that are four hundred square feet or less in size, self propelled
10 or towable by an automobile or light duty truck and used as temporary
11 living quarters for recreational, camping, travel or seasonal use. The
12 value of any trailer or mobile home shall be included in the assessment
13 of the land on which it is located; provided, however, that if either
14 the trailer or mobile home or the land on which it is located is enti-
15 tled to any exemption pursuant to article four of this chapter, other
16 than the exemption authorized by section four hundred twenty-five of
17 this chapter, such trailer or mobile home shall be separately assessed
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 in the name of the owner thereof] Manufactured homes, which shall have
2 the same meaning as such term is defined in section two hundred thirty-
3 three of the real property law, but for the purposes of the application
4 of the taxes authorized to be imposed pursuant to this chapter, shall
5 not include manufactured homes that are unoccupied, for sale and located
6 on a retail sales lot. Manufactured homes shall be assessed separately
7 from the land except where the ownership of the land and the manufac-
8 tured home is the same;
9 § 2. Paragraph (l) of subdivision 2 of section 425 of the real proper-
10 ty tax law is REPEALED.
11 § 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 425 of the real proper-
12 ty tax law, as amended by chapter 264 of the laws of 2000, is amended to
13 read as follows:
14 (a) Property use. To qualify for exemption pursuant to this section,
15 the property must be a one, two or three family residence, a manufac-
16 tured home, a farm dwelling or residential property held in condominium
17 or cooperative form of ownership. If the property is not an eligible
18 type of property, but a portion of the property is partially used by the
19 owner as a primary residence, that portion which is so used shall be
20 entitled to the exemption provided by this section; provided that in no
21 event shall the exemption exceed the assessed value attributable to that
22 portion.
23 § 4. Section 574 of the real property tax law is amended by adding a
24 new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
25 1-a. Upon the transfer of ownership, location, or relocation of a
26 manufactured home, the manufactured home owner shall file a real proper-
27 ty informational report prescribed with respect to manufactured homes by
28 the commissioner pursuant to this section. The real property informa-
29 tional report prescribed for such purpose shall include the serial
30 number of the manufactured home, as provided by the manufacturer of the
31 home. In the event that the manufactured home does not have a serial
32 number, the assessor shall assign and issue a unique identifying number
33 which shall be permanently affixed to the home by the homeowner, and
34 which shall thereafter be used as the serial number for that home and
35 added to the description on the assessment roll.
36 § 5. The real property tax law is amended by adding a new section 997
37 to read as follows:
38 § 997. Tax compliance certificates for manufactured homes. 1. The
39 appropriate county tax enforcement officer, or, in the county of West-
40 chester, the appropriate city or town tax enforcement officer, upon
41 application therefor, shall issue a tax compliance certificate to the
42 owner of any manufactured home located within the tax district upon
43 receipt of proof that all currently billed and delinquent taxes with
44 respect to such home have been paid. A copy of such certificate shall be
45 filed with the assessor by the appropriate tax enforcement officer. The
46 tax enforcement officer may charge a fee for such certificate in an
47 amount not to exceed twenty-five dollars. Such application shall include
48 the serial number or other unique identifying number assigned pursuant
49 to section five hundred seventy-four of this chapter. The commissioner
50 shall prescribe the form for such application and certificate. The home-
51 owner shall file a copy of such certificate with the department of
52 transportation as a precondition to the issuance of a permit pursuant to
53 section three hundred eighty-five of the vehicle and traffic law.
54 2. No manufactured home may be relocated without first obtaining a tax
55 compliance certificate pursuant to this section. A copy of such certif-
56 icate shall be provided to the hauler responsible for moving such home
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1 who shall produce the copy of the permit upon demand of an officer
2 charged with enforcement of the provisions of section three hundred
3 eighty-five of the vehicle and traffic law.
4 3. Manufactured home park or community owners shall inform manufac-
5 tured home owners residing in such park or community of the requirements
6 of this section.
7 4. The provisions of subdivision two of this section shall not be
8 applicable to the transport of a manufactured home from the manufacturer
9 of such home or from a retail sales lot or to a tax district that has
10 foreclosed upon the home.
11 § 6. Section 1126 of the real property tax law is amended by adding a
12 new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
13 4. (a) The owner of a manufactured home which is located on land owned
14 by another may file a declaration of interest with respect to the land
15 on which the manufactured home is located.
16 (b) The owner of land on which a manufactured home owned by another is
17 located may file a declaration of interest with respect to any manufac-
18 tured home located on such land.
19 § 7. Section 1136 of the real property tax law is amended by adding a
20 new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
21 4. Transfer of manufactured home. Notwithstanding any provision of
22 law to the contrary, where a parcel which is the subject of a conveyance
23 pursuant to this section either consists of a separately assessed manu-
24 factured home or contains a manufactured home that has been assessed
25 with that land, a deed executed pursuant to this section shall operate
26 to transfer title of the manufactured home to or from the tax district
27 if it contains a description which identifies the manufactured home with
28 reasonable certainty. A description containing the serial number or
29 other unique identifying number assigned to the manufactured home pursu-
30 ant to section five hundred seventy-four of this chapter shall be deemed
31 a sufficient description for this purpose.
32 § 8. Subdivision 1 of section 1138 of the real property tax law, as
33 amended by chapter 516 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as
34 follows:
35 1. Grounds. The enforcing officer of any tax district may at any time
36 prior to final judgment withdraw any parcel of real property from a
37 foreclosure proceeding under this title for one or more of the following
38 reasons:
39 (a) there is reason to believe that there may be a legal impediment to
40 the enforcement of the tax lien affecting such parcel;
41 (b) the tax has been cancelled or is subject to cancellation pursuant
42 to section five hundred fifty-eight of this chapter, or, in the case of
43 a tax district to which such section does not apply, the tax would be
44 subject to cancellation if such section were applicable to the tax
45 district;
46 (c) the enforcement of the lien has been stayed by the filing of a
47 petition pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code of 1978 (Title Eleven of the
48 United States Code);
49 (d) if the tax district were to acquire the parcel, there is a signif-
50 icant risk that it might be exposed to a liability substantially in
51 excess of the amount that could be recovered by enforcing the tax lien;
52 (e) the owner of the parcel has entered into an agreement to pay the
53 taxes in installments pursuant to section eleven hundred eighty-four of
54 this article, and has not defaulted thereon;
55 (f) in a tax district which has extended the redemption period for
56 residential or farm property, (i) the parcel has been included on a
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1 petition for foreclosure, (ii) it has since been demonstrated to the
2 satisfaction of the enforcing officer that the parcel is residential or
3 farm property, and (iii) being residential or farm property, the parcel
4 is not yet subject to inclusion on such a petition;
5 (g) in a tax district which has extended the redemption period for
6 residential property for certain persons deployed by the military (i)
7 the parcel has been included on a petition for foreclosure, (ii) has
8 been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the enforcing officer that the
9 parcel is residential, (iii) the property is eligible for the extended
10 redemption period pursuant to section eleven hundred thirteen of this
11 article, and as such is not yet subject to inclusion of such a petition;
12 or
13 (h) the tax lien has been or is to be sold pursuant to title five of
14 this article[.]; or
15 (i) the parcel constitutes a manufactured home which is no longer
16 within the boundaries of the tax district.
17 § 9. Subdivision 1 of section 1180 of the real property tax law, as
18 amended by chapter 579 of the laws of 1995, is amended and a new subdi-
19 vision 4 is added to read as follows:
20 1. Neither the owner, occupant nor any other person shall have the
21 right to despoil any lands subject to a delinquent tax lien by removing
22 buildings or [mobile] manufactured homes, other than [separately
23 assessed mobile] manufactured homes upon which no currently billed or
24 delinquent taxes are due, or by cutting, removing or destroying timber
25 or other valuable products, growing, existing or being thereon at the
26 time of the filing of the list of delinquent taxes pursuant to section
27 eleven hundred twenty-two of this article.
28 4. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as precluding
29 the enforcement of delinquent tax liens against manufactured homes.
30 § 10. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 382-b to
31 read as follows:
32 § 382-b. Certificates of occupancy for manufactured homes. No certif-
33 icate of occupancy permitting occupancy of a manufactured home, as
34 defined in section two hundred thirty-three of the real property law,
35 shall be issued except upon proof of the filing of the real property
36 informational report prescribed pursuant to section five hundred seven-
37 ty-four of the real property tax law.
38 § 11. Paragraph 3 of subdivision a of section 233 of the real property
39 law, as amended by chapter 566 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read
40 as follows:
41 3. The term "manufactured home park" or "manufactured home community"
42 means a contiguous parcel of privately owned land which is used for the
43 accommodation of three or more manufactured homes occupied for year-
44 round living.
45 § 12. Subdivision w of section 233 of the real property law, as
46 amended by section 18 of part B of chapter 389 of the laws of 1997 and
47 paragraph 3-a as added by chapter 405 of the laws of 2001, is amended to
48 read as follows:
49 w. Real property tax payments. 1. A manufactured home park or communi-
50 ty owner[, operator or the agent of such owner or operator] shall reduce
51 the annual rent paid by a manufactured home [tenant] owner for use of
52 the land upon which such manufactured home sits in an amount equal to
53 the total of the real property taxes actually paid by such manufactured
54 home [tenant] owner for such manufactured home plus the amount by which
55 the taxes on such manufactured home were reduced as a result of the
56 partial real property tax exemption granted to the manufactured home
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1 [tenant] owner pursuant to article four of the real property tax law,
2 provided such manufactured home [tenant] owner:
3 (a) owns a manufactured home which is separately assessed, subject to
4 the provisions of paragraph two of this subdivision;
5 (b) is entitled to and actually receives a partial real property tax
6 exemption pursuant to article four of the real property tax law; and
7 (c) pays the real property taxes due on such home.
8 2. In the case of a manufactured home which is not separately
9 assessed, but which is entitled to and actually receives the school tax
10 relief (STAR) exemption authorized by section four hundred twenty-five
11 of the real property tax law, the tenant of such manufactured home shall
12 be entitled to a rent reduction pursuant to this subdivision to the same
13 extent as a tenant of a manufactured home which satisfies the criteria
14 set forth in paragraph one of this subdivision. Such rent reduction
15 shall be equal to the amount by which the taxes on such manufactured
16 home were reduced as a result of such exemption.
17 3. A manufactured home park or community owner [or operator] providing
18 a reduction in rent as required by paragraph one or two of this subdivi-
19 sion may retain, in consideration for record keeping expenses, two
20 percent of the amount of such reduction.
21 3-a. Any reduction required to be provided pursuant to paragraph one
22 or two of this subdivision shall be provided as follows:
23 (a) a reduction in monthly rent (prorating the reduction in twelve
24 parts) shall take effect upon the first monthly rental payment due sixty
25 days after the last date for the payment of real property taxes with no
26 penalty or interest for lateness and shall be extended to the next elev-
27 en monthly payments thereafter; or
28 (b) with the consent of the manufactured home park or community owner,
29 [operator, or agent of such owner or operator,] a reduction in rent may
30 be offset in the entire amount of such reduction against the first
31 monthly rental payment due sixty days after the last date for the
32 payment of real property taxes with no penalty or interest for lateness,
33 and the balance thereof, if any, may be offset against the monthly
34 rental payments for succeeding months, until exhausted; or
35 (c) at the election of the manufactured home park or community owner,
36 [operator, or agent of such owner or operator,] the total amount of such
37 reduction in rent may be paid to the tenant no later than sixty days
38 after the last date for the payment of real property taxes with no
39 penalty or interest for lateness.
40 4. The failure of a manufactured home park or community owner [or
41 operator] to comply with the provisions of this subdivision shall be a
42 violation punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars for
43 each violation.
44 § 13. Subdivision w of section 233 of the real property law is
45 REPEALED and a new subdivision w is added to read as follows:
46 w. A manufactured home park or community owner shall not include, as
47 part of the rent payable by a manufactured home owner, real property
48 taxes attributable solely to the home owned by the manufactured home
49 owner. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subdivision,
50 nothing contained in this subdivision shall be deemed to prohibit a
51 manufactured home park or community owner from including such taxes as
52 rent to be paid by the manufactured home owner where the manufactured
53 home park or community owner pays the real property taxes on behalf of a
54 manufactured home owner residing within such park or community with the
55 consent of the homeowner.
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1 § 14. Paragraph ii of subdivision 1-e of section 333 of the real prop-
2 erty law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 9 to read as follows:
3 (9) in the event that the real property is a manufactured home, a
4 statement that the ownership of the manufactured home has been trans-
5 ferred, and/or the manufactured home has been located or relocated with-
6 in the county. The commissioner may prescribe a separate form for use
7 solely for manufactured homes. Such form shall contain such information
8 as may be required by such board.
9 § 15. Subdivision 15 of section 385 of the vehicle and traffic law is
10 amended by adding a new paragraph (l) to read as follows:
11 (l) No permit shall be issued pursuant to this subdivision that will
12 allow the relocation of a manufactured home unless a tax compliance
13 certificate, pursuant to section nine hundred ninety-seven of the real
14 property tax law, has been filed with the department of transportation.
15 This subdivision shall not be applicable to the transport of a manufac-
16 tured home from the manufacturer of such home or a retail sales lot, or
17 to a tax district that has foreclosed upon the home.
18 § 16. Nothing contained in this act shall be deemed to affect the
19 priority of real property tax liens. Such liens shall continue to have
20 priority over other liens.
21 § 17. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that sections
22 four, ten, eleven and twelve of this act shall take effect January 1,
23 2014; provided further that sections two, three, five, six, seven,
24 eight, nine, fourteen and fifteen of this act shall take effect January
25 1, 2015; and provided further that sections one and thirteen of this act
26 shall take effect January 1, 2016; and provided further however, that
27 effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule
28 or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec-
29 tive date are authorized and directed to be made and completed on or
30 before such effective date.
