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                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 10, 2016
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Introduced  by M. of A. RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Real Property Taxation

AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to adjusted  base
  proportions for assessment rolls

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

  Section 1. Subparagraph (iv) of paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  3  of
section  1903 of the real property tax law, as amended by chapter 266 of
the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
  (iv) Notwithstanding any  other  provision  of  law,  in  an  approved
assessing unit in the county of Suffolk and for current base proportions
to  be  determined  by taxes based on such approved assessing unit's two
thousand three - two thousand four, two thousand  four  -  two  thousand
five  and  two  thousand  five  - two thousand six assessment rolls, the
current base proportion of any class shall not exceed the adjusted  base
proportion  or  adjusted  proportion,  whichever  is appropriate, of the
immediately preceding year by more than two percent, or in the  case  of
the  two thousand five--two thousand six, two thousand six--two thousand
seven, two thousand seven--two thousand eight, two  thousand  eight--two
thousand  nine, two thousand twelve--two thousand thirteen, two thousand
thirteen--two thousand fourteen,  two  thousand  fourteen--two  thousand
fifteen, [and] two thousand fifteen--two thousand sixteen, AND TWO THOU-
SAND  SIXTEEN--TWO  THOUSAND  SEVENTEEN  assessment  rolls, one percent.
Where the  computation  of  current  base  proportions  would  otherwise
produce such result, the current base proportion of such class or class-
es shall be limited to such two percent or one percent increase whichev-
er  is  applicable,  and the legislative body of such approved assessing
unit shall alter the current base proportion of either class so that the
sum of the current base proportions equals one.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14963-01-6