| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to local government |
| Feb 04, 2019 |
print number 2658a |
| Feb 04, 2019 |
amend and recommit to local government |
| Jan 28, 2019 |
referred to local government |
Senate Bill S2658A
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 58th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee
Actions
Bill Amendments
2019-S2658 - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Local Government
- Law Section:
- Real Property Tax Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §487, RPT L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2021-2022:
S5496
2023-2024: S4239
2025-2026: S1902
2019-S2658 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2658
SPONSOR: O'MARA
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the real property tax law, in relation to exempting
homeowners from tax increases for certain renewable energy systems
PURPOSE:
This bill would provide a property tax exemption for residential scale
renewable energy generation and energy storage systems not exceeding a
combined net rated capacity of 20 kilowatts.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one amends Subdivision 5 of Section 487 of the real property tax
law by providing an exemption for energy systems constructed prior to
July first, nineteen hundred ninety-one and prior to January first, two
thousand twenty-five, whose standalone or combined nameplate capacity
does not exceed twenty kilowatts.
2019-S2658 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
2658
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 28, 2019
___________
Introduced by Sen. O'MARA -- 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 exempting
homeowners from tax increases for certain renewable 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 325 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as
follows:
5. The exemption granted pursuant to this section shall only be appli-
cable to (a) solar or wind energy systems or farm waste energy systems
which are (i) existing or constructed prior to July first, nineteen
hundred eighty-eight or (ii) constructed subsequent to January first,
nineteen hundred ninety-one and prior to January first, two thousand
twenty-five, and (b) micro-hydroelectric energy systems, fuel cell elec-
tric generating systems, micro-combined heat and power generating equip-
ment systems, electric energy storage equipment or electric energy stor-
age system, or fuel-flexible linear generator electric generating system
which are constructed subsequent to January first, two thousand eighteen
and prior to January first, two thousand twenty-five, AND (C) ALL
SYSTEMS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPHS (A) AND (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION WHOSE
STANDALONE OR COMBINED NET NAMEPLATE CAPACITY DOES NOT EXCEED TWENTY
KILOWATTS.
§ 2. Subdivision 8 of section 487 of the real property tax law, as
amended by chapter 325 of the laws of 2018, is amended by adding a new
paragraph (c) to read as follows:
(C) THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY TO EXEMPTIONS GRANTED PURSUANT TO
PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS SECTION.
§ 3. Subdivision 9 of section 487 of the real property tax law is
amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08370-03-9
2019-S2658A (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Local Government
- Law Section:
- Real Property Tax Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §487, RPT L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2021-2022:
S5496
2023-2024: S4239
2025-2026: S1902
2019-S2658A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2658A
SPONSOR: O'MARA
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the real property tax law, in relation to exempting
homeowners from tax increases for certain renewable energy systems
PURPOSE:
This bill would provide a property tax exemption for residential scale
renewable energy generation and energy storage systems not exceeding a
combined net rated capacity of 20 kilowatts for generation systems, and
thirty kilowatt-hours for storage systems.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one amends Subdivision 5 of Section 487 of the real property tax
law by providing an exemption for energy systems constructed prior to
July first, nineteen hundred ninety-one and prior to January first, two
thousand twenty-five, whose standalone or combined nameplate capacity
2019-S2658A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
2658--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 28, 2019
___________
Introduced by Sen. O'MARA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to exempting
homeowners from tax increases for certain renewable 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 325 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as
follows:
5. The exemption granted pursuant to this section shall only be appli-
cable to (a) solar or wind energy systems or farm waste energy systems
which are (i) existing or constructed prior to July first, nineteen
hundred eighty-eight or (ii) constructed subsequent to January first,
nineteen hundred ninety-one and prior to January first, two thousand
twenty-five, and (b) micro-hydroelectric energy systems, fuel cell elec-
tric generating systems, micro-combined heat and power generating equip-
ment systems, electric energy storage equipment or electric energy stor-
age system, or fuel-flexible linear generator electric generating system
which are constructed subsequent to January first, two thousand eighteen
and prior to January first, two thousand twenty-five, AND (C) ALL
SYSTEMS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPHS (A) AND (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION WHOSE
STANDALONE OR COMBINED GENERATION CAPACITY DOES NOT EXCEED TWENTY KILO-
WATTS AND WHOSE STANDALONE OR COMBINED ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE CAPACITY
DOES NOT EXCEED THIRTY KILOWATT-HOURS.
§ 2. Subdivision 8 of section 487 of the real property tax law, as
amended by chapter 325 of the laws of 2018, is amended by adding a new
paragraph (c) to read as follows:
(C) THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY TO EXEMPTIONS GRANTED PURSUANT TO
PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS SECTION.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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