Senate Bill S2116

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to a privately owned vacant property temporary public benefit use exemption

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee

  • 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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2023-S2116 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Add §481-a, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S5810
2015-2016: S4490
2017-2018: S2916
2019-2020: S4829
2021-2022: S3693

2023-S2116 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to a privately owned vacant property temporary public benefit use exemption.

2023-S2116 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2116 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2116
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 18, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  FELDER -- 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  a  privately
   owned vacant property temporary public benefit use exemption
 
   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 481-a to read as follows:
   §  481-A. PRIVATELY OWNED VACANT PROPERTY TEMPORARY PUBLIC BENEFIT USE
 EXEMPTION. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER, WHERE
 PRIVATELY OWNED VACANT PROPERTY IS TEMPORARILY USED FOR THE PUBLIC BENE-
 FIT IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE  SUCH  PROPERTY
 MAY  BE  EXEMPT  FROM TAXATION AND AD VALOREM LEVIES FOR AS LONG AS SUCH
 REAL PROPERTY SHALL BE LIMITED TO USE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT FOR A MINI-
 MUM OF TWENTY HOURS A WEEK IN THE MONTHS OF NOVEMBER THROUGH  MARCH  AND
 TWENTY-FIVE HOURS A WEEK IN THE MONTHS OF APRIL THROUGH OCTOBER.
   2.  THE  TERM "PUBLIC BENEFIT", AS USED IN THIS SECTION SHALL INCLUDE,
 BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, OPEN SPACES, COMMUNITY GARDENS, URBAN  FARMS  AND
 POP-UP PARKS.
   3. NO REAL PROPERTY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE AN EXEMPTION PURSUANT
 TO  THIS  SECTION  IF  THE OWNER OR OPERATOR OF SUCH REAL PROPERTY SHALL
 RECEIVE OR MAY BE LAWFULLY ENTITLED TO RECEIVE PECUNIARY PROFIT FROM THE
 USE OF SUCH REAL PROPERTY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05209-01-3

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