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Assembly Bill A11243

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes a real property tax exemption for certain property owners who reside full-time on such property in certain counties

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2025-A11243 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9287
Current Committee:
Assembly Real Property Taxation
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Add §421-r, RPT L

2025-A11243 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a real property tax exemption for certain property owners who reside full-time on such property in certain counties; requires that such owners occupy such property as their primary residence and are enrolled in or eligible for the STAR exemption or that such owners rent to a tenant for a term of at least twelve months and such tenant occupies such property as their primary residence.

2025-A11243 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11243
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 1, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Real Property Taxation
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to establishing a
   real property tax exemption for certain full-time residents of certain
   counties
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The real property tax  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 421-r to read as follows:
   §  421-R.  EXEMPTION  FOR FULL-TIME RESIDENTS OF CERTAIN COUNTIES.  1.
 LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND  INTENT.  THE  LEGISLATURE  HEREBY  FINDS  THAT
 CERTAIN  COUNTIES  IN  THIS  STATE  CONTAIN A HIGH PROPORTION OF HOUSING
 UNITS THAT ARE NOT OCCUPIED ON A YEAR-ROUND BASIS AND ARE  INSTEAD  USED
 FOR SEASONAL, RECREATIONAL, OR OCCASIONAL PURPOSES. IN SUCH AREAS, LOCAL
 GOVERNMENTS  AND  SCHOOL DISTRICTS CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN PUBLIC SERVICES,
 INFRASTRUCTURE, AND CIVIC INSTITUTIONS YEAR-ROUND, EVEN AS THE NUMBER OF
 FULL-TIME RESIDENTS CONTRIBUTING TO  AND  SUPPORTING  THOSE  SYSTEMS  IS
 LIMITED BY THE HIGH PROPORTION OF PART-TIME OCCUPANCY.
   THE  LEGISLATURE  FURTHER FINDS THAT EXISTING REAL PROPERTY TAX STRUC-
 TURES DO NOT DISTINGUISH BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES  OCCUPIED  ON  A
 FULL-TIME, YEAR-ROUND BASIS AND PROPERTIES THAT ARE NOT SO OCCUPIED, AND
 THAT  LIMITED DATA EXISTS REGARDING THE EFFECTS OF TARGETED PROPERTY TAX
 RELIEF FOR YEAR-ROUND RESIDENT-OCCUPIED HOUSING.
   THE PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION IS TO AUTHORIZE A PILOT REAL PROPERTY  TAX
 EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN YEAR-ROUND RESIDENT-OCCUPIED RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY,
 IN  LOCALITIES THAT CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE, WITHIN ELIGIBLE COUNTIES. THE
 PILOT IS INTENDED TO ALLOW THE STATE AND PARTICIPATING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
 TO EVALUATE THE FISCAL, ADMINISTRATIVE, AND HOUSING-RELATED  IMPACTS  OF
 SUCH AN EXEMPTION.
   2.  DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS
 SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "QUALIFYING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY" MEANS A PARCEL OF REAL  PROPERTY
 IMPROVED  BY  A  DWELLING  USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES AND
 CONTAINING NOT MORE THAN THREE DWELLING UNITS.  REAL  PROPERTY  THAT  IS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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