Assembly Bill A8201A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to telecommunications equipment owned by other than a telephone company

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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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2019-A8201 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6511
Current Committee:
Assembly Real Property Taxation
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §102, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A712, S5389
2023-2024: A2875, A10182, S4936

2019-A8201 - Summary

Provides that all equipment used for the transmission and switching of radio signals for the provision of commercial mobile radio service or mobile internet access service no longer constitutes real property subject to the real property tax law.

2019-A8201 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8201
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 7, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. D. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Real Property Taxation
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation  to  telecommuni-
   cations equipment owned by other than a telephone company
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The legislature finds that it is  necessary  to  correct  a
 decision  of the court of appeals that erroneously overlooked or miscon-
 strued section 1 of chapter 71 of the laws of 1985, sections 2, 6, and 7
 of chapter 416 of the laws of 1987, and paragraph (i) of subdivision  12
 of  section  102  of  the real property tax law. This act is intended to
 clarify that all equipment used for the transmission  and  switching  of
 electromagnetic voice, video and data signals between different entities
 separated  by  air, street or other public domain, and related equipment
 necessary to the operation of such equipment or the modification of such
 signals required by such equipment, regardless of  location,  no  longer
 constitutes  real property subject to the real property tax law, even if
 any items of such equipment would otherwise constitute a fixture taxable
 under paragraph (b) of subdivision 12 of section 102 of the real proper-
 ty tax law.
   § 2. Paragraph (i) of subdivision 12 of section 102 of the real  prop-
 erty tax law, as added by chapter 416 of the laws of 1987, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (i)  When  owned  by  other  than  a telephone company as such term is
 defined in paragraph (d) hereof, all lines, wires, poles,  supports  and
 inclosures for electrical conductors upon, above and underground used in
 connection  with the transmission or switching of electromagnetic voice,
 video and data signals between  different  entities  separated  by  air,
 street  or  other  public  domain,  except  that such property shall not
 include: (A) station connections; (B) fire and surveillance alarm system
 property; (C) such property  used  in  the  transmission  of  news  wire
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2019-A8201A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6511
Current Committee:
Assembly Real Property Taxation
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §102, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A712, S5389
2023-2024: A2875, A10182, S4936

2019-A8201A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that all equipment used for the transmission and switching of radio signals for the provision of commercial mobile radio service or mobile internet access service no longer constitutes real property subject to the real property tax law.

2019-A8201A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8201--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 7, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. D. ROSENTHAL, PICHARDO, DICKENS, EICHENSTEIN --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Real Property  Taxation  --
   recommitted  to  the Committee on Real Property Taxation in accordance
   with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- 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 telecommuni-
   cations equipment owned by other than a telephone company
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  legislature  finds that it is necessary to correct a
 decision of the court of appeals that erroneously overlooked or  miscon-
 strued section 1 of chapter 71 of the laws of 1985, sections 2, 6, and 7
 of  chapter 416 of the laws of 1987, and paragraph (i) of subdivision 12
 of section 102 of the real property tax law. This  act  is  intended  to
 clarify  that  all  equipment used for the transmission and switching of
 electromagnetic voice, video and data signals between different entities
 separated by air, street or other public domain, and  related  equipment
 necessary to the operation of such equipment or the modification of such
 signals  required  by  such equipment, regardless of location, no longer
 constitutes real property subject to the real property tax law, even  if
 any items of such equipment would otherwise constitute a fixture taxable
 under paragraph (b) of subdivision 12 of section 102 of the real proper-
 ty tax law.
   §  2. Paragraph (i) of subdivision 12 of section 102 of the real prop-
 erty tax law, as added by chapter 416 of the laws of 1987, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (i) When owned by other than a  telephone  company  as  such  term  is
 defined in paragraph (d) [hereof] OF THIS SUBDIVISION, all lines, wires,
 poles, supports and inclosures for electrical conductors upon, above and
 underground  used  in  connection  with the transmission or switching of
 electromagnetic voice, video and data signals between different entities
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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