S06460 Summary:

BILL NOS06460
 
SAME ASSAME AS A09226
 
SPONSORRANZENHOFER
 
COSPNSRAKSHAR, CROCI, SERINO, SEWARD
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §485-r, RPT L
 
Relates to authorizing a residential redevelopment inhibited property exemption; authorizes any city, town or village to, by local law, provide for a real property tax exemption for residential redevelopment inhibited property.
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S06460 Actions:

BILL NOS06460
 
01/13/2016REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
03/01/20161ST REPORT CAL.266
03/02/20162ND REPORT CAL.
03/07/2016ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
06/14/2016PASSED SENATE
06/14/2016DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
06/14/2016referred to real property taxation
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S06460 Committee Votes:

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S06460 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S06460 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6460
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 13, 2016
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by Sens. RANZENHOFER, SEWARD -- read twice and ordered print-
          ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Govern-
          ment
 
        AN  ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to authorizing a
          residential redevelopment inhibited property exemption
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Section  485-r  of the real property tax law, as added by
     2  chapter 406 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 485-r.  Residential  redevelopment  inhibited  property  exemption[;
     4  certain  cities].  1. As used in this section, the following terms shall
     5  have the following meanings:
     6    (a) "Redevelopment inhibited property" shall mean a residential  prop-
     7  erty  that has been neglected or abandoned because of the local economic
     8  conditions and/or conditions on the property that inhibit such  property
     9  from  being  redeveloped  by the private sector. Redevelopment inhibited
    10  property shall not include land that is undeveloped.
    11    (b) "Gap financing costs" shall mean the total cost of the  property's
    12  redevelopment  as approved by the [city] municipality minus the increase
    13  in the full valuation of the property upon completion of the  redevelop-
    14  ment.
    15    (c) "Base assessment" shall mean the assessed value of the property on
    16  the day the [city] municipality designates the property as redevelopment
    17  inhibited.
    18    (d)  "Increased assessment" shall mean the assessed value of the prop-
    19  erty as determined by the assessor upon completion of the redevelopment.
    20    (e) "Incremental increase in annual property  taxes"  shall  mean  the
    21  taxes  based  on  the  increased assessment minus the taxes based on the
    22  base assessment.
    23    (f) ["City" shall mean cities with  a  population  of  not  less  than
    24  fifteen  thousand  two  hundred fifty and not more than fifteen thousand
    25  five hundred as determined by the federal decennial census for the  year
    26  two thousand ten.] "Municipality" means any city, town or village.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13132-01-5

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     1    2.  A [city] municipality may, by local law, provide for the exemption
     2  of real property from taxation as provided in this  section.  Subsequent
     3  to the adoption of such local law, the county in which such [city] muni-
     4  cipality is located may after a public hearing and by local law, and any
     5  school  district, all or part of which is located in such [city] munici-
     6  pality, may, by resolution, exempt such property from  its  taxation  in
     7  the  same  manner  and to the same extent as the [city] municipality has
     8  done.
     9    3. A [city] municipality  shall  designate  any  property  within  the
    10  [city]  municipality's  boundaries as a redevelopment inhibited property
    11  if one or more of the following are met:
    12    (a) the [city] municipality has acquired title to the property  pursu-
    13  ant  to  article nineteen-A of the real property actions and proceedings
    14  law; or
    15    (b) the property has been continuously vacant for a period of at least
    16  three years; or
    17    (c) the [city] municipality has acquired title  to  the  property  via
    18  foreclosure for unpaid taxes pursuant to article eleven of this chapter;
    19  or
    20    (d)  the  property  has  outstanding  zoning, housing, or uniform code
    21  violations and the cost of remedying the violations exceeds the  proper-
    22  ty's value.
    23    4.  (a)  Upon  the adoption of such local law, redevelopment inhibited
    24  property shall be exempt from taxation and special ad valorem levies  to
    25  the  extent  of any increase in value attributable to demolition, alter-
    26  ation, rehabilitation, or remediation pursuant to the following require-
    27  ments:
    28    (i) the demolition, alterations,  rehabilitation,  and/or  remediation
    29  shall  be  permitted by the [city's] municipality's bureau of inspection
    30  such that building or  plumbing  permits  issued  and  said  demolition,
    31  alterations,  rehabilitation,  and/or  remediation  shall  have  met all
    32  necessary approvals per the  applicable  New  York  state  uniform  fire
    33  prevention and building code, the [city's] municipality's municipal code
    34  and  the  [city's]  municipality's bureau of inspection upon completion;
    35  and
    36    (ii) the property for which  the  exemption  is  sought  shall  be  an
    37  owner-occupied one-family residence; and
    38    (iii)  the  owner of such property shall file annually an affidavit of
    39  residency with the assessor of the [city] municipality on or before  the
    40  appropriate  taxable status date of such [city] municipality, confirming
    41  continued owner-occupancy of the property; and
    42    (iv) the redevelopment inhibited property is exempt from taxation  and
    43  special ad valorem levies attributable to the increased assessment minus
    44  the  taxes and special ad valorem levies imposed on the base assessment.
    45  Such exemption shall not apply to special assessments.
    46    (b) In the event the property granted an exemption  pursuant  to  this
    47  section ceases to be owner-occupied and/or the affidavit of residency is
    48  not  filed  annually  for  the  approved exemption period, the exemption
    49  granted pursuant to this section shall cease.
    50    (c) In the event the property granted an exemption  pursuant  to  this
    51  section ceases to be a one-family dwelling, the exemption granted pursu-
    52  ant to this section shall cease.
    53    (d) In the event the owner of the property is convicted of a violation
    54  or  misdemeanor  pursuant  to New York state uniform fire prevention and
    55  building  code  or  the  [city's]  municipality's  municipal  code,  the
    56  exemption granted pursuant to this section shall cease.

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     1    5.  (a)  Such  redevelopment  inhibited property shall be exempt for a
     2  period equal to the gap  financing  costs  divided  by  the  incremental
     3  increase in annual property taxes resulting from such redevelopment. The
     4  exemption  period  shall  be  rounded up to the nearest whole number and
     5  shall not exceed twenty-five years.
     6    (b)  The  extent of such exemption shall decrease the last eight years
     7  of the exemption period by twelve and one-half percent of  the  increase
     8  in assessment due to the redevelopment equaling a zero percent exemption
     9  on the final year of the exemption period.
    10    6.  (a)  Such  exemption shall be granted only upon application by the
    11  owner of such building for the residential redevelopment inhibited prop-
    12  erty exemption, on a form prescribed by the [city] municipality.    Such
    13  application  must  be filed with the assessor of the [city] municipality
    14  on or before the appropriate taxable status date of such [city]  munici-
    15  pality.    The application must be filed with the assessor of the [city]
    16  municipality within three years from the date of completing the  demoli-
    17  tion, alterations, rehabilitation, and/or remediation.
    18    (b)  The  owner  filing for such exemption shall not be required to be
    19  the owner responsible for completing the demolition, alterations,  reha-
    20  bilitation, and/or remediation.
    21    (c)  If the assessor is satisfied that the applicant is entitled to an
    22  exemption pursuant to this section, he or she shall approve the applica-
    23  tion and such real property shall thereafter be exempt from taxation and
    24  special ad valorem levies by the [city] municipality commencing with the
    25  assessment roll prepared after the taxable status date  referred  to  in
    26  this  subdivision.  The assessed value of any exemption granted pursuant
    27  to this section shall be entered by the assessor of the  [city]  munici-
    28  pality on the assessment roll with the taxable property, with the amount
    29  of the exemption shown in a separate column.
    30    (d)  Once  granted,  the  residential redevelopment inhibited property
    31  exemption runs with the land for the exemption period pursuant  to  this
    32  section.
    33    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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