Senate Bill S4915

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Exempts a homeowner from any tax increases when installing a solar energy system on their home

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S4915 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4896
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §487, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S3409, A3544
2013-2014: S2529, A1366
2015-2016: A4691
2017-2018: A3806

2009-S4915 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts a homeowner from any tax increases when installing a solar energy system on their home.

2009-S4915 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4915 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4915

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. THOMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in  relation  to  permanently
  exempting a homeowner from tax increases when installing a solar ener-
  gy system on their home

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivisions 2, 5, 8 and 9 of section 487 of the real prop-
erty tax law, subdivisions 2 and 8 as amended by chapter 515 of the laws
of 2002, subdivision 5 as amended by chapter 129 of the laws of 2006 and
subdivision 9 as added by chapter 608 of the laws of 2002,  are  amended
to read as follows:
  2.  Real property which includes a solar or wind energy system or farm
waste energy system approved in accordance with the provisions  of  this
section  shall  be exempt from taxation to the extent of any increase in
the value thereof by reason of the inclusion of such solar or wind ener-
gy system or farm waste energy system [for a period of  fifteen  years].
When  a  solar or wind energy system or components thereof or farm waste
energy system also serve as part of the building structure, the increase
in value which shall be exempt from  taxation  shall  be  equal  to  the
assessed  value  attributable to such system or components multiplied by
the ratio of the incremental cost of such system or  components  to  the
total cost of such system or components.
  5. The exemption granted pursuant to this section shall only be appli-
cable to solar or wind energy systems or farm waste energy systems which
are  (a)  existing  or constructed prior to July first, nineteen hundred
eighty-eight [or], (b) constructed subsequent to January first, nineteen
hundred ninety-one and prior to January first, two  thousand  eleven  OR
(C)  SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS CONSTRUCTED ON ONE, TWO, THREE, OR FOUR FAMILY
HOMES ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08158-01-9

              

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