Legislation
SECTION 489-BBBBB
Real property tax exemption
Real Property Tax (RPT) CHAPTER 50-A, ARTICLE 4, TITLE 2-E
§ 489-bbbbb. Real property tax exemption. 1. Within the mixed-use
construction exemption area specified in subdivision twelve of section
489-aaaaa of this title, the following benefits shall be available to
qualified recipients: A recipient who, following the effective date of
a certificate of eligibility, has performed residential construction
work or both residential construction work and commercial construction
work on mixed-use property shall be eligible for an exemption from real
property taxes as follows: For the first eight tax years, the recipient
shall be exempt from taxation on one hundred per centum of the exemption
base. During the ninth year, the recipient shall be exempt from taxation
on eighty per centum of the exemption base; during the tenth year, the
recipient shall be exempt from taxation on sixty per centum of the
exemption base; during the eleventh year, the recipient shall be exempt
from taxation on forty per centum of the exemption base; and during the
twelfth year, the recipient shall be exempt from taxation on twenty per
centum of the exemption base.
The following table shall illustrate the computation of the exemption
pursuant to this subdivision:
Tax year following effective
date of certificate of
eligibility: Amount of exemption:
1 through 8 100% of exemption base
9 80% of exemption base
10 60% of exemption base
11 40% of exemption base
12 20% of exemption base
2. Notwithstanding subdivision one of this section, a recipient who
has performed residential construction work or both residential
construction work and commercial construction work on mixed-use property
that, in accordance with procedures set forth in local law, was
designated as a landmark before the date by which the recipient is
required to complete the minimum required expenditure shall be eligible
for an exemption from real property taxes as follows: For the first nine
tax years, the recipient shall be exempt from taxation on one hundred
per centum of the exemption base. During the tenth year, the recipient
shall be exempt from taxation on eighty per centum of the exemption
base; during the eleventh year, the recipient shall be exempt from
taxation on sixty per centum of the exemption base; during the twelfth
year, the recipient shall be exempt from taxation on forty per centum of
the exemption base; and during the thirteenth year, the recipient shall
be exempt from taxation on twenty per centum of the exemption base.
The following table shall illustrate the computation of the exemption
pursuant to this subdivision:
Tax year following effective
date of certificate of
eligibility: Amount of exemption:
1 through 9 100% of exemption base
10 80% of exemption base
11 60% of exemption base
12 40% of exemption base
13 20% of exemption base
construction exemption area specified in subdivision twelve of section
489-aaaaa of this title, the following benefits shall be available to
qualified recipients: A recipient who, following the effective date of
a certificate of eligibility, has performed residential construction
work or both residential construction work and commercial construction
work on mixed-use property shall be eligible for an exemption from real
property taxes as follows: For the first eight tax years, the recipient
shall be exempt from taxation on one hundred per centum of the exemption
base. During the ninth year, the recipient shall be exempt from taxation
on eighty per centum of the exemption base; during the tenth year, the
recipient shall be exempt from taxation on sixty per centum of the
exemption base; during the eleventh year, the recipient shall be exempt
from taxation on forty per centum of the exemption base; and during the
twelfth year, the recipient shall be exempt from taxation on twenty per
centum of the exemption base.
The following table shall illustrate the computation of the exemption
pursuant to this subdivision:
Tax year following effective
date of certificate of
eligibility: Amount of exemption:
1 through 8 100% of exemption base
9 80% of exemption base
10 60% of exemption base
11 40% of exemption base
12 20% of exemption base
2. Notwithstanding subdivision one of this section, a recipient who
has performed residential construction work or both residential
construction work and commercial construction work on mixed-use property
that, in accordance with procedures set forth in local law, was
designated as a landmark before the date by which the recipient is
required to complete the minimum required expenditure shall be eligible
for an exemption from real property taxes as follows: For the first nine
tax years, the recipient shall be exempt from taxation on one hundred
per centum of the exemption base. During the tenth year, the recipient
shall be exempt from taxation on eighty per centum of the exemption
base; during the eleventh year, the recipient shall be exempt from
taxation on sixty per centum of the exemption base; during the twelfth
year, the recipient shall be exempt from taxation on forty per centum of
the exemption base; and during the thirteenth year, the recipient shall
be exempt from taxation on twenty per centum of the exemption base.
The following table shall illustrate the computation of the exemption
pursuant to this subdivision:
Tax year following effective
date of certificate of
eligibility: Amount of exemption:
1 through 9 100% of exemption base
10 80% of exemption base
11 60% of exemption base
12 40% of exemption base
13 20% of exemption base