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A01685 Summary:

BILL NO	A01685
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	O'Donnell
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add §498, RPT L
Relates to prohibiting exemptions for owners of vacant or unoccupied storefront properties.

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A01685 Actions:

BILL NO	A01685
01/17/2023	referred to real property taxation
01/03/2024	referred to real property taxation

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A01685 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1685
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 17, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  O'DONNELL  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Real Property Taxation
 
        AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in  relation  to  prohibiting
          exemptions for owners of vacant or unoccupied storefront properties
 
          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 498 to read as follows:
     3    §  498.  Prohibition on eligibility of exemptions for owners of vacant
     4  or  unoccupied  storefront  properties.  1.  Notwithstanding  any  other
     5  provision  of  law,  any owner of a commercial storefront property shall
     6  not be eligible for an exemption under this chapter on such property  if
     7  the property has been vacant or unoccupied for at least two years.
     8    2. For purposes of this section:
     9    (a)  "commercial  storefront  property" shall mean any non-residential
    10  property that may be used primarily for the buying, selling or otherwise
    11  providing of goods or services, which is located on the ground floor  or
    12  street level of a commercial building;
    13    (b)  "vacant" shall mean minimal or no inanimate objects on such prop-
    14  erty; and
    15    (c) "unoccupied" shall mean a lack of habitual presence of individuals
    16  primarily engaged in buying, selling or  otherwise  providing  goods  or
    17  services.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to assess-
    19  ment rolls prepared on the basis of taxable status dates occurring on or
    20  after such date.
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03421-01-3

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