NY State Senate Bill 2011-S397

Senate Bill S397

Signed By Governor

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Provides condominium owners with access to the application submitted for the tax abatements

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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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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Aug 17, 2011	signed chap.453
Aug 05, 2011	delivered to governor
Jun 16, 2011	returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.362 substituted for a1777
Apr 12, 2011	referred to real property taxation delivered to assembly passed senate
Mar 07, 2011	advanced to third reading
Mar 03, 2011	2nd report cal.
Mar 02, 2011	1st report cal.153
Jan 05, 2011	referred to local government

Votes

- Apr 12, 2011 - Floor Vote
  S397
  
  56
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  6
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Apr 12, 2011
      
      aye (56)
      
      Adams
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Alesi
      
      Avella
      
      Ball
      
      Bonacic
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Dilan
      
      Duane
      
      Espaillat
      
      Farley
      
      Flanagan
      
      Fuschillo
      
      Gianaris
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Grisanti
      
      Hannon
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Huntley
      
      Johnson
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Libous
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Martins
      
      Maziarz
      
      Montgomery
      
      Nozzolio
      
      O'Mara
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Perkins
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Saland
      
      Sampson
      
      Savino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Skelos
      
      Smith
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      Young
      
      Zeldin
      
      excused (6)
      
      Diaz
      
      Gallivan
      
      Kruger
      
      McDonald
      
      Oppenheimer
      
      Squadron
  Mar 2, 2011 - Local Government Committee Vote
  S397
  
  8
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Local Government Committee Vote: Mar 2, 2011
      
      aye (8)
      
      Ball
      
      Klein
      
      Little
      
      Martins
      
      McDonald
      
      Oppenheimer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Stewart-Cousins

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2011-S397 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A1777
Law Section:: Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §467-a, RPT L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:: S3853, A11224

2011-S397 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides condominium owners with access to the application for the entire building for the tax abatements to verify that such owner's unit was included in the submission.

2011-S397 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S397

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the real property tax law, in relation to providing an owner of
a dwelling unit access to tax abatement applications submitted on behalf
of the condominium

PURPOSE:
To allow an owner of a dwelling unit to obtain a copy of a tax
abatement application from the building in which his unit is located
in cities with a population of one million or more.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1
Amends subdivision 4 of § 467-a of the real property tax
law to enable a copy of an application, with identifying information
redacted, to be provided to the owner of the dwelling.

Section 2
Amends subdivision 8 of § 467-a of the real property tax law
to enable owners of a dwelling unit to request a copy of any
application filed on the property statements filed in connection with
the tax abatement application.

Section 3

Effective date

JUSTIFICATION:
Current law prohibits unit owners of buildings from examining abatement
applications submitted by the managers of their own building. This
situation can cause difficulties in determining the cause of any
inaccurate determinations regarding the issuance of tax abatements.
This legislation would resolve this problem by allowing for
examination of the original application by any named party on the
application.

While this information is available on the New York City Department of
Finance website there are circumstances where it is necessary to view
an actual hard copy of the application, with privileged information
redacted, to fully comprehend the abatement request.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2009-2010:  S.3853-A/A.11224-A

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have
become a law.

2011-S397 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   397

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. KRUEGER, HUNTLEY -- 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  providing  an
  owner  of a dwelling unit access to tax abatement applications submit-
  ted on behalf of the condominium

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  4  of section 467-a of the real property tax
law, as added by chapter 273 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read  as
follows:
  4.  Except  in  accordance  with proper judicial order or as otherwise
provided by law, neither the commissioner of finance, nor any officer or
employee of a department of finance of a city having a population of one
million or more, nor any person who, pursuant to  this  subdivision,  is
authorized to inspect the application or statements in connection there-
with required by this section, shall disclose or make known the contents
of any such application or statements. Except as provided in this subdi-
vision, the officers charged with the custody of any such application or
statements  shall  not  be  required  to  produce  them in any action or
proceeding in any court or before any administrative tribunal,  but  any
such  application or statements may be produced on behalf of the depart-
ment of finance. NOTHING IN  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  BE  CONSTRUED  TO
PROHIBIT  DELIVERY TO AN OWNER OF A DWELLING UNIT OF A PROPERTY SITUATED
IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE OF A  COPY  OF  ANY
APPLICATION OR STATEMENTS PERTAINING TO SUCH DWELLING UNIT, UPON REQUEST
AND  WITH  PERSONALLY  IDENTIFYING INFORMATION REDACTED. Nothing in this
subdivision shall be construed to prohibit the delivery of  a  certified
copy of any such application or statements to the United States of Amer-
ica  or  any department thereof, the state of New York or any department
thereof, or a city having a population of one million  or  more  or  any

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

                                                           LBD01014-01-1

S. 397                              2

department  thereof,  provided  any  such  application or statements are
required for official business; nor to prohibit the inspection for offi-
cial business of any such application or statements by the  tax  commis-
sion  of  a  city  having a population of one million or more, or by the
corporation counsel or other legal representative of  a  city  having  a
population  of one million or more, or by any person engaged or retained
by the department of finance on an independent contract  basis;  nor  to
prohibit  the  publication of statistics so classified as to prevent the
[indentification] IDENTIFICATION of any particular application or state-
ments. The foregoing provisions of this subdivision prohibiting  disclo-
sure  of  the  contents of applications or statements shall not apply to
physical data relating to the property described therein.
  S 2. Subdivision 8 of section 467-a of the real property tax  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  97  of  the  laws  of  2004, is amended to read as
follows:
  8. [The] EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT THE OWNER OF A DWELLING UNIT  OF  A
PROPERTY  SITUATED  IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE
MAY REQUEST A REDACTED COPY OF ANY APPLICATION OR STATEMENTS  PERTAINING
TO  SUCH DWELLING UNIT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION,
THE information contained in applications or  statements  in  connection
therewith filed with the commissioner of finance pursuant to subdivision
three,  three-a, three-b or three-c of this section shall not be subject
to disclosure under article six of the public officers law.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.

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