Assembly Bill A461

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Allows localities discretion in granting business investment exemptions

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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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2015-A461 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Real Property Taxation
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §485-b, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2395
2011-2012: A801
2013-2014: A1025
2017-2018: A1288
2019-2020: A2380

2015-A461 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows localities discretion in granting business investment exemptions on property tax by passing a resolution allowing the exemption for one or more of the following categories or classes: buying or selling of goods or services; the storing or developing of goods or services; the manufacturing or assembly of goods; or the processing of raw materials.

2015-A461 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   461

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GANTT -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Real Property Taxation

AN ACT to amend the real property  tax  law,  in  relation  to  allowing
  localities discretion in granting business investment exemptions

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 485-b of  the  real  property  tax
law,  as  amended by chapter 488 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read
as follows:
  1. Real property constructed, altered, installed  or  improved  subse-
quent  to  the  first  day of July, nineteen hundred seventy-six for the
purpose of commercial, business or industrial activity shall  be  exempt
from taxation and special ad valorem levies, except for special ad valo-
rem  levies  for  fire district, fire protection district and fire alarm
district purposes, to the extent hereinafter  provided  IF  THE  COUNTY,
CITY,  TOWN  OR  VILLAGE,  BY LOCAL LAW, AND A SCHOOL DISTRICT, EXCEPT A
CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT TO WHICH ARTICLE FIFTY-TWO  OF  THE  EDUCATION  LAW
APPLIES,  BY  RESOLUTION, APPROVES SUCH EXEMPTION FOR ONE OR MORE OF THE
FOLLOWING PURPOSES: (A) THE BUYING OR SELLING OF GOODS OR  SERVICES;  OR
(B)  THE STORING OR DEVELOPING OF GOODS OR SERVICES; OR (C) THE MANUFAC-
TURE OR ASSEMBLY OF GOODS; OR (D) THE PROCESSING OF RAW MATERIALS.
  S 2. Subdivision 3 of section 485-b of the real property tax  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  440 of the laws of 1993, and as further amended by
subdivision (b) of section 1 of part W of chapter  56  of  the  laws  of
2010, is amended to read as follows:
  3.  [Such]  UPON  PASSAGE OF A LOCAL LAW OR RESOLUTION, AS REQUIRED BY
SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, SUCH exemption shall  be  granted  only
upon application by the owner of such real property on a form prescribed
by  the commissioner.  Such application shall be filed with the assessor
of the city, town, village, or county having the power to assess proper-

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

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