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Senate Bill S7978

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Extends eligibility for the real property tax exemption for solar, wind and farm waste energy systems to systems constructed prior to January 1, 2016

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2009-S7978 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง487, RPT L

2009-S7978 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends eligibility for the real property tax exemption for solar, wind and farm waste energy systems to systems constructed prior to January 1, 2016.

2009-S7978 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S7978 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7978

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 27, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. O. JOHNSON, MAZIARZ -- 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 expanding the
  application of the exemption for solar, wind  and  farm  waste  energy
  systems

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 487 of the real property tax  law,
as  amended  by  chapter  129 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as
follows:
  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]
SIXTEEN.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD17449-01-0

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