Assembly Bill A9446A

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to the exemption from taxation for certain solar or wind energy systems or farm waste energy systems

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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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2013-A9446 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7026
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §487, RPT L

2013-A9446 - Summary

Relates to the exemption from taxation for certain solar or wind energy systems or farm waste energy systems; specifies that construction of a solar or wind energy system or a farm waste energy system is deemed to begin at the full execution of an interconnection agreement with a utility; requires the taxing jurisdiction to notify the owner or developer of the contract requirement for payments in lieu of taxes.

2013-A9446 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9446

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 30, 2014
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to exemption from
  taxation for certain solar or wind energy systems or 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  366 of the laws of 2010, 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  [fifteen]
TWENTY-FIVE.
  S  2.  Subdivision  8  of section 487 of the real property tax law, as
amended by chapter 515 of the laws of 2002 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:
  8. (A) Notwithstanding the  provisions  of  subdivision  two  of  this
section,  a  county,  city, town or village may by local law or a school
district, other than a school district to which article fifty-two of the
education law applies, may by resolution provide that no exemption under
this section shall be applicable within its jurisdiction with respect to
any  solar  or  wind  energy  system  or  farm   waste   energy   system
[constructed]  WHICH  BEGAN  CONSTRUCTION  subsequent  to January first,
nineteen hundred ninety-one or the effective date  of  such  local  law,
ordinance  or  resolution,  whichever is later. A copy of any such local
law or resolution shall be filed with  the  commissioner  and  with  the
president of the authority.
  (B)  CONSTRUCTION  OF  A  SOLAR  OR WIND ENERGY SYSTEM OR A FARM WASTE
ENERGY SYSTEM SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEGUN UPON THE FULL  EXECUTION  OF
AN  INTERCONNECTION  AGREEMENT WITH A UTILITY; PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT IF

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

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2013-A9446A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7026
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §487, RPT L

2013-A9446A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the exemption from taxation for certain solar or wind energy systems or farm waste energy systems; specifies that construction of a solar or wind energy system or a farm waste energy system is deemed to begin at the full execution of an interconnection agreement with a utility; requires the taxing jurisdiction to notify the owner or developer of the contract requirement for payments in lieu of taxes.

2013-A9446A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 9446--A

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 30, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. PAULIN, BUCHWALD, LIFTON, BARRETT, ROSENTHAL,
  STIRPE, LUPARDO -- read once and referred to  the  Committee  on  Real
  Property  Taxation  --  reported and referred to the Committee on Ways
  and Means -- 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 exemption from
  taxation for certain solar or wind energy systems or 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  366 of the laws of 2010, 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  [fifteen]
TWENTY-FIVE.
  S  2.  Subdivision  8  of section 487 of the real property tax law, as
amended by chapter 515 of the laws of 2002 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:
  8. (A) Notwithstanding the  provisions  of  subdivision  two  of  this
section,  a  county,  city, town or village may by local law or a school
district, other than a school district to which article fifty-two of the
education law applies, may by resolution provide that no exemption under
this section shall be applicable within its jurisdiction with respect to
any  solar  or  wind  energy  system  or  farm   waste   energy   system
[constructed]  WHICH  BEGAN  CONSTRUCTION  subsequent  to January first,
nineteen hundred ninety-one or the effective date  of  such  local  law,
ordinance  or  resolution,  whichever is later. A copy of any such local
law or resolution shall be filed with  the  commissioner  and  with  the
president of the authority.

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

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