S07135 Summary:

BILL NOS07135
 
SAME ASSAME AS A10241
 
SPONSORSQUADRON
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd SS499-a, 499-c & 499-d, RPT L; amd S11-704, NYC Ad Cd
 
Extends a real property tax abatement program for certain commercial properties in cities having a population of one million or more and extends a special reduction under the commercial rent tax in the city of New York.
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S07135 Actions:

BILL NOS07135
 
03/15/2010REFERRED TO CITIES
03/26/2010COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
03/29/2010ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.321
03/29/2010SUBSTITUTED BY A10241
 A10241 AMEND= Silver
 03/11/2010referred to real property taxation
 03/16/2010reported referred to ways and means
 03/26/2010reported referred to rules
 03/26/2010reported
 03/26/2010rules report cal.19
 03/26/2010ordered to third reading rules cal.19
 03/26/2010passed assembly
 03/26/2010delivered to senate
 03/29/2010REFERRED TO RULES
 03/29/2010SUBSTITUTED FOR S7135
 03/29/20103RD READING CAL.321
 03/29/2010PASSED SENATE
 03/29/2010RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
 03/29/2010delivered to governor
 03/29/2010signed chap.22
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S07135 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S07135 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7135
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     March 15, 2010
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sen. SQUADRON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
 
        AN ACT to amend the real property tax law and the administrative code of
          the city of New York, in relation to extending  a  real  property  tax
          abatement program for certain commercial properties in cities having a
          population  of  one  million  or  more  and in relation to extending a

          special reduction under the commercial rent tax in  the  city  of  New
          York
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivisions 5 and 9 of section 499-a of the real  property
     2  tax  law, as amended by section 1 of part O of chapter 60 of the laws of
     3  2007, are amended to read as follows:
     4    5. "Benefit period." The period commencing with the first day  of  the
     5  month  immediately  following the rent commencement date and terminating
     6  no later than sixty months  thereafter,  provided,  however,  that  with
     7  respect  to a lease commencing on or after April first, nineteen hundred
     8  ninety-seven with an initial lease term of less than five years, but not
     9  less than three years, the period commencing with the first day  of  the

    10  month  immediately  following the rent commencement date and terminating
    11  no later than thirty-six months thereafter. Notwithstanding the  forego-
    12  ing  sentence, a benefit period shall expire no later than March thirty-
    13  first, two thousand [sixteen] twenty.
    14    9. "Eligibility period." The period commencing April  first,  nineteen
    15  hundred  ninety-five  and  terminating  March thirty-first, two thousand
    16  [ten] fourteen.
    17    § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 499-c of the real prop-
    18  erty tax law, as amended by section 2 of part O of  chapter  60  of  the
    19  laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
    20    (a)  For  purposes  of  determining whether the amount of expenditures
    21  required by subdivision one of this section have been satisfied, expend-
    22  itures on improvements to the common areas of an eligible building shall

    23  be included only if work on such improvements commenced and the expendi-
    24  tures are made on or after April first, nineteen hundred ninety-five and
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16417-02-0

        S. 7135                             2
 
     1  on or before September thirtieth, two thousand [ten] fourteen; provided,
     2  however, that expenditures on improvements to the  common  areas  of  an
     3  eligible  building  made prior to three years before the lease commence-
     4  ment date shall not be included.
     5    §  3.  Subdivision 8 of section 499-d of the real property tax law, as
     6  amended by section 3 of part O of chapter 60 of the  laws  of  2007,  is

     7  amended to read as follows:
     8    8.  Leases  commencing on or after April first, nineteen hundred nine-
     9  ty-seven shall be subject to the provisions of this title as amended  by
    10  chapter  six hundred twenty-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-
    11  seven, chapter one hundred eighteen of the laws  of  two  thousand  one,
    12  chapter  four hundred forty of the laws of two thousand three [and the],
    13  chapter sixty of the laws of two thousand seven [that added this phrase]
    14  and the chapter of the laws of two thousand ten that added this  phrase.
    15  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, with respect
    16  to  leases  commencing on or after April first, nineteen hundred ninety-
    17  seven, an application for a certificate of abatement shall be considered
    18  timely filed if filed within one hundred eighty days following the lease

    19  commencement date or within sixty days following the  date  chapter  six
    20  hundred  twenty-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-seven became
    21  a law, whichever is later.
    22    § 4. Subparagraph (a) of paragraph  2  of  subdivision  i  of  section
    23  11-704 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by
    24  section  4  of  part  O of chapter 60 of the laws of 2007, is amended to
    25  read as follows:
    26    (a) An eligible tenant of eligible taxable premises shall be allowed a
    27  special reduction in determining the taxable base rent for such eligible
    28  taxable premises. Such special reduction shall be allowed  with  respect
    29  to  the rent for such eligible taxable premises for a period not exceed-
    30  ing sixty months or, with respect to a  lease  commencing  on  or  after
    31  April first, nineteen hundred ninety-seven with an initial lease term of

    32  less  than  five  years, but not less than three years, for a period not
    33  exceeding thirty-six months, commencing on the  rent  commencement  date
    34  applicable to such eligible taxable premises, provided, however, that in
    35  no event shall any special reduction be allowed for any period beginning
    36  after  March  thirty-first, two thousand [sixteen] twenty.  For purposes
    37  of applying such special reduction, the base  rent  for  the  base  year
    38  shall,  where necessary to determine the amount of the special reduction
    39  allowable with respect to any number of  months  falling  within  a  tax
    40  period,  be  prorated  by  dividing  the  base rent for the base year by
    41  twelve and multiplying the result by such number of months.
    42    § 5. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however that if
    43  this act shall have become a law after April 1, 2010, it shall be deemed

    44  to have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2010.
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