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Senate Bill S3735
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP, RFM) 24th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2015-S3735 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S3735 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3735 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the real property tax law, in relation to transition assessments for class three parcels in the city of New York PURPOSE: To provide for a phase-in of any changes in assessment for parcels classified in the utility class (class 3) in New York City. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Amends Section 1805 of the Real Property Tax Law to provide for a five-year phase-in of any assessment increases resulting from changes in market value for parcels classified in class three (utility class). JUSTIFICATION: The New York City real property tax structure is comprised of two main mechanisms to moderate changes in assessed value from year-to-year. For most properties in New York City (Class 2 & Class 4), changes in market value, and ultimately assessments and the resulting tax bills, are phased-in over a five-year period of time. For small residential properties (Class 1), there are caps on assessment growth to minimize annual assessment changes upwards or downwards. Approximately 94% of
2015-S3735 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3735 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 17, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- 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 transition assessments for class three parcels in the city of New York THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 1805 of the real property tax law, as amended by chapter 143 of the laws of 1989 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. If the assessment appearing on an assessment roll completed on or after January first, nineteen hundred eighty-two for any parcel not subject to the provisions of subdivision one or two of this section[, other than a parcel classified in class three,] is greater than the assessment appearing on the previous year's assessment roll the assessor shall determine a transition assessment for such parcel for the first assessment roll on which such greater assessment appears and for each of the succeeding four assessment rolls by computing the difference between such greater assessment and the assessment appearing on such previous year's assessment roll and adding the following percentages of such difference to the assessment appearing on such previous year's assess- ment roll: in the first year, twenty percent; in the second year, forty percent; in the third year, sixty percent; in the fourth year, eighty percent; and in the fifth year, one hundred percent. If the assessment of a parcel is increased during a period for which transition assess- ments have been established because of any prior assessment increases, such new increase shall be phased-in over a five-year period as set forth in this subdivision, and such phased-in increases shall be added to the transitional assessments previously established for the prior increase; provided, however, that if in any year any such transition assessment exceeds the actual assessment for such year, taxes imposed on EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01854-01-5
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