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SECTION 1911. DEFINITIONS.
1912. ESTABLISHMENT OF HOMESTEAD ASSESSING UNITS.
1913. USE OF CLASS TAX RATES.
1914. FOUR-YEAR CYCLE.
1915. TERMINATION.
1916. NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
1917. STANDARD OF ASSESSMENT TO REMAIN APPLICABLE.
1918. ELECTION BY APPROVED ASSESSING UNITS.
S 1911. DEFINITIONS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE: 1. "ELIGIBLE SPLIT
TAX DISTRICT" MEANS (A) A SCHOOL DISTRICT LOCATED IN MORE THAN ONE CITY
OR TOWN, WHERE ONE-FIFTH OR MORE OF THE PARCELS IN THE FIRST YEAR IN THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE LOCATED IN ONE OR MORE HOMESTEAD ASSESSING UNITS,
EXCEPT A VILLAGE, OR (B) A VILLAGE LOCATED IN MORE THAN ONE TOWN AND
WHICH HAS ADOPTED THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION FOUR-
TEEN HUNDRED TWELVE OF THIS CHAPTER, WHERE ONE-FIFTH OR MORE OF THE
PARCELS IN THE FIRST YEAR IN THE VILLAGE ARE LOCATED IN ONE OR MORE
HOMESTEAD ASSESSING UNITS.
2. (A) "HOMESTEAD CLASS" MEANS:
(1) ALL ONE, TWO OR THREE FAMILY DWELLING RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY,
INCLUDING SUCH DWELLINGS USED IN PART FOR NONRESIDENTIAL PURPOSES BUT
WHICH ARE USED PRIMARILY FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES, AND FARM DWELLINGS;
(2) ALL OTHER RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY CONSISTING OF MORE THAN THREE
DWELLING UNITS HELD IN CONDOMINIUM FORM OF OWNERSHIP WHERE NO SUCH
DWELLING UNIT PREVIOUSLY WAS ON AN ASSESSMENT ROLL AS A DWELLING UNIT IN
OTHER THAN CONDOMINIUM FORM OF OWNERSHIP;
(3) ALL OTHER RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY CONSISTING OF MORE THAN THREE
DWELLING UNITS HELD IN CO-OPERATIVE FORM OF OWNERSHIP;
(4) ALL VACANT LAND PARCELS LOCATED IN AN ASSESSING UNIT WHICH HAS A
ZONING LAW OR ORDINANCE IN EFFECT, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PARCEL IS LOCATED
IN A ZONE THAT DOES NOT ALLOW A RESIDENTIAL USE OTHER THAN THAT
DESCRIBED IN SUBPARAGRAPH ONE OF THIS PARAGRAPH, PROVIDED FURTHER, THAT
SUCH PARCEL DOES NOT EXCEED TEN ACRES;
(5) LAND USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION WHICH IS ELIGIBLE FOR AN
AGRICULTURAL ASSESSMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIVE OR THREE
HUNDRED SIX OF THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW, WHERE THE OWNER OF SUCH
LAND HAS FILED AN ANNUAL APPLICATION FOR AN AGRICULTURAL ASSESSMENT, AND
FARM BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES THEREON, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THREE
OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER; AND
(6) IF THE HOMESTEAD ASSESSING UNIT ADOPTS A LOCAL LAW SO PROVIDING,
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY CONTAINING FOUR OR MORE DWELLING UNITS; AND
(7) IF THE HOMESTEAD ASSESSING UNIT ADOPTS A LOCAL LAW SO PROVIDING,
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY WITHIN A SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHICAL AREA AS DELINEATED
WITHIN SUCH LOCAL LAW.
(B) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (G) OF SUBDIVISION
TWELVE OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWO OF THIS CHAPTER, A MOBILE HOME OR
TRAILER THAT DOES NOT QUALIFY AS A HOMESTEAD UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH FIVE OF
PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE A HOMESTEAD FOR
PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE UNLESS IT IS OWNER-OCCUPIED AND SEPARATELY
ASSESSED.
3. "NON-HOMESTEAD CLASS" MEANS ALL PROPERTY NOT INCLUDED IN THE HOME-
STEAD CLASS.
4. "TAX" MEANS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE A CHARGE IMPOSED UPON
REAL PROPERTY BY OR ON BEHALF OF A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE OR SCHOOL
DISTRICT FOR MUNICIPAL OR SCHOOL DISTRICT PURPOSES, BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE
A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT.
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S 1912. ESTABLISHMENT OF HOMESTEAD ASSESSING UNITS. 1. THE GOVERNING
BODY OF AN ASSESSING UNIT WHICH IS IMPLEMENTING A REVALUATION AT ONE
HUNDRED PERCENT OF VALUE MAY APPLY TO THE STATE BOARD FOR CERTIFICATION
OF ITS REVALUATION AS BEING HOMESTEAD-COMPLIANT. SUCH APPLICATION SHALL
BE SUBMITTED AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS BEFORE THE COMPLETION OF
THE TENTATIVE ASSESSMENT ROLL UPON WHICH THE REVALUATION SHALL BE IMPLE-
MENTED, PROVIDED THAT THE BOARD MAY ACCEPT AN APPLICATION AFTER THAT
DEADLINE IF CIRCUMSTANCES WARRANT. THE BOARD SHALL CERTIFY THE REVALU-
ATION AS BEING HOMESTEAD-COMPLIANT IF IT ISSUES OR EXPECTS TO ISSUE A
TENTATIVE STATE EQUALIZATION RATE OF ONE HUNDRED FOR THE ASSESSMENT ROLL
IN QUESTION, PROVIDED THAT SUCH CERTIFICATION SHALL BE NULLIFIED IF THE
BOARD SHOULD ISSUE A TENTATIVE OR FINAL STATE EQUALIZATION RATE OF OTHER
THAN ONE HUNDRED FOR THE ASSESSMENT ROLL IN QUESTION.
2. UPON RECEIVING SUCH CERTIFICATION, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE
ASSESSING UNIT MAY ADOPT A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE ASSESSOR TO CLASSIFY
ALL TAXABLE REAL PROPERTY AS HOMESTEAD OR NON-HOMESTEAD, AS THE CASE MAY
BE, BEGINNING WITH THE TENTATIVE ASSESSMENT ROLL ON WHICH THE REVALU-
ATION IS TO BE IMPLEMENTED.
3. SUCH RESOLUTION SHALL BE ADOPTED NO LATER THAN NINETY DAYS BEFORE
THE COMPLETION OF THE TENTATIVE ASSESSMENT ROLL ON WHICH THE REVALUATION
IS TO BE IMPLEMENTED.
4. UPON THE ADOPTION OF SUCH A RESOLUTION, THE ASSESSING UNIT SHALL BE
CONSIDERED A "HOMESTEAD ASSESSING UNIT" FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE.
5. (A) NO LATER THAN TEN DAYS AFTER THE ADOPTION OF SUCH A RESOLUTION,
THE CLERK OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE HOMESTEAD ASSESSING UNIT SHALL
FILE A COPY THEREOF WITH THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF EACH MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION WHICH LEVIES TAXES UPON THE ASSESSMENT ROLL OF THE HOMESTEAD
ASSESSING UNIT.
(B) IF THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION IS AN ELIGIBLE SPLIT TAX DISTRICT,
ITS GOVERNING BODY MAY ADOPT A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE ASSESSOR OF EACH
NON-HOMESTEAD ASSESSING UNIT IN WHICH IT IS LOCATED TO CLASSIFY THE
TAXABLE REAL PROPERTY WITHIN ITS BORDERS AS HOMESTEAD OR NON-HOMESTEAD,
AS THE CASE MAY BE. SUCH RESOLUTION SHALL BE ADOPTED NO LATER THAN THIR-
TY DAYS BEFORE THE TAXABLE STATUS DATE OF THE FIRST ASSESSMENT ROLL TO
WHICH IT IS TO APPLY, AND A COPY THEREOF SHALL BE FILED WITH THE
AFFECTED ASSESSOR OR ASSESSORS NO LATER THAN TEN DAYS AFTER SUCH
ADOPTION.
6. CLASSIFICATIONS ASSIGNED TO PARCELS BY AN ASSESSOR PURSUANT TO THIS
SECTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL REVIEW AS
PROVIDED BY LAW.
S 1913. USE OF CLASS TAX RATES. 1. A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION WHICH
LEVIES TAXES UPON THE ASSESSMENT ROLL OF A HOMESTEAD ASSESSING UNIT AND
WHICH MEETS THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA SPECIFIED HEREIN MAY ADOPT A LOCAL
LAW WITHOUT REFERENDUM, OR IN THE CASE OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT A RESOL-
UTION, DECLARING ITSELF TO BE A HOMESTEAD TAX DISTRICT FOR PURPOSES OF
THIS ARTICLE. SUCH LOCAL LAW OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE ADOPTED NO LATER
THAN SIXTY DAYS BEFORE THE LAST DATE PRESCRIBED BY LAW FOR THE LEVY OF
TAXES TO WHICH SUCH LOCAL LAW OR RESOLUTION IS TO APPLY.
2. A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO ADOPT SUCH A LOCAL LAW
OR RESOLUTION IF AND ONLY IF:
(A) IT IS A HOMESTEAD ASSESSING UNIT; OR
(B) IT IS WHOLLY CONTAINED WITHIN ONE OR MORE HOMESTEAD ASSESSING
UNITS; OR
(C) IT IS AN ELIGIBLE SPLIT TAX DISTRICT AND HAS FILED WITH EACH
AFFECTED ASSESSOR A COPY OF ITS CLASSIFICATION RESOLUTION AS REQUIRED BY
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PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION NINETEEN HUNDRED TWELVE OF
THIS ARTICLE.
3. THE GOVERNING BODY OF A HOMESTEAD TAX DISTRICT MAY ANNUALLY ESTAB-
LISH SEPARATE CLASS TAX RATES FOR EACH FISCAL YEAR BY RESOLUTION OF ITS
GOVERNING BODY ADOPTED NO LATER THAN THE DATE ON WHICH THE BUDGET FOR
THAT FISCAL YEAR IS APPROVED PURSUANT TO LAW. THE CLASS TAX RATES SO
ESTABLISHED SHALL RESULT IN THE IMPOSITION UPON THE RESPECTIVE CLASSES
THE TOTAL TAX REVENUES REQUIRED BY SUCH BUDGET, SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOW-
ING:
(A) THE NON-HOMESTEAD CLASS TAX RATE MAY BE EQUAL TO THE HOMESTEAD
CLASS TAX RATE, OR IT MAY EXCEED THE HOMESTEAD CLASS TAX RATE BY A
PERCENTAGE TO BE DETERMINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY EITHER BY LOCAL LAW OR
ANNUAL RESOLUTION, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERCENTAGE SHALL BE NO GREATER
THAN TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT, SUBJECT TO THE TRANSITIONAL PROVISION SET
FORTH IN SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION IF APPLICABLE. THE GOVERNING
BODY MAY ALSO ADOPT A LOCAL LAW PROVIDING THAT THE NON-HOMESTEAD CLASS
TAX RATE SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE HOMESTEAD CLASS TAX RATE, IN WHICH CASE
THE SAME TAX RATE SHALL APPLY TO BOTH CLASSES AS LONG AS SUCH LOCAL LAW
SHALL BE IN EFFECT. IN NO CASE MAY THE HOMESTEAD CLASS TAX RATE EXCEED
THE NON-HOMESTEAD CLASS TAX RATE.
(B) IF THE GOVERNING BODY SHOULD FAIL TO ADOPT CLASS TAX RATES FOR ANY
FISCAL YEAR, THE CLASS TAX RATES FOR THAT FISCAL YEAR SHALL BEAR THE
SAME RELATIONSHIP TO ONE ANOTHER AS THEY DID IN THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR.
(C) THE CLASS TAX RATES ESTABLISHED BY A HOMESTEAD TAX DISTRICT SHALL
ONLY APPLY TO THE TAXES IMPOSED BY IT OR ON ITS BEHALF, AND TO ANY
SPECIAL AD VALOREM LEVIES IMPOSED BY OR ON BEHALF OF ANY SPECIAL
DISTRICTS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED BY THE HOMESTEAD TAX DISTRICT.
THE CLASS TAX RATES ESTABLISHED FOR ANY SUCH SPECIAL DISTRICT NEED NOT
BEAR THE SAME RELATIONSHIP TO ONE ANOTHER AS THEY DO FOR THE HOMESTEAD
TAX DISTRICT OR FOR ANY OTHER SUCH SPECIAL DISTRICT.
(D) IN THE CASE OF AN ELIGIBLE SPLIT TAX DISTRICT, THE GOVERNING BODY
SHALL EQUALIZE THE CLASS TAX RATES SO AS TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS A
SINGLE EFFECTIVE FULL VALUE TAX RATE FOR THE HOMESTEAD CLASS, AND A
SINGLE EFFECTIVE FULL VALUE TAX RATE FOR THE NON-HOMESTEAD CLASS. FOR
PURPOSES OF THIS PROVISION, THE "EFFECTIVE FULL VALUE TAX RATE" IS THE
TAX RATE THAT WOULD BE IMPOSED IF ALL PROPERTY WERE ASSESSED AT FULL
VALUE.
4. THE OFFICER WHO COMPUTES TAX RATES FOR THE HOMESTEAD TAX DISTRICT
SHALL COMPUTE A "BASELINE DIFFERENTIAL" AS PROVIDED HEREIN FOR THE HOME-
STEAD TAX DISTRICT PRIOR TO ITS FIRST LEVY OF TAXES AS A HOMESTEAD TAX
DISTRICT. IF THE BASELINE DIFFERENTIAL SO COMPUTED EXCEEDS TWENTY-FIVE
PERCENT, THEN THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE HOMESTEAD TAX DISTRICT MAY ADOPT
A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THAT THE LIMITATION IMPOSED BY PARAGRAPH (A) OF
SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION UPON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
NON-HOMESTEAD AND HOMESTEAD CLASS TAX RATES SHALL BE PHASED IN AS
FOLLOWS:
(A) IN THE FISCAL YEAR IN WHICH TAXES ARE LEVIED UPON THE REVALUATION
ROLL, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE NON-HOMESTEAD AND HOMESTEAD CLASS TAX
RATES, EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE, MAY BE GREATER THAN TWENTY-FIVE
PERCENT BUT NO GREATER THAN THE BASELINE DIFFERENTIAL.
(B) EACH YEAR THEREAFTER, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE NON-HOMESTEAD
CLASS TAX RATE AND ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE HOMESTEAD
CLASS TAX RATE SHALL BE DECREASED AT SUCH A RATE AS WILL SERVE TO TOTAL-
LY ELIMINATE THE DIFFERENCE OVER THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD PRESCRIBED
HEREIN.
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(1) IF THE BASELINE DIFFERENTIAL IS GREATER THAN TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT
BUT LESS THAN FIFTY PERCENT, THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD SHALL BE TEN YEARS.
(2) IF THE BASELINE DIFFERENTIAL IS GREATER THAN FIFTY PERCENT BUT
LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED PERCENT, THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD SHALL BE FIFTEEN
YEARS.
(3) IF THE BASELINE DIFFERENTIAL IS GREATER THAN ONE HUNDRED PERCENT,
THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD SHALL BE TWENTY YEARS.
(C) THE BASELINE DIFFERENTIAL SHALL BE DETERMINED AS FOLLOWS:
(1) DETERMINE THE TOTAL ASSESSED VALUE OF THE PROPERTY IN THE HOME-
STEAD CLASS ON THE REVALUATION ASSESSMENT ROLL, AFTER ACCOUNTING FOR
PHYSICAL CHANGES BETWEEN THE REVALUATION ASSESSMENT ROLL AND THE PRIOR
ASSESSMENT ROLL.
(2) DETERMINE THE TOTAL ASSESSED VALUE OF THE PROPERTY IN THE HOME-
STEAD CLASS ON THE PRIOR ASSESSMENT ROLL.
(3) DIVIDE THE RESULT OBTAINED IN SUBPARAGRAPH ONE OF THIS PARAGRAPH
BY THE RESULT OBTAINED IN SUBPARAGRAPH TWO OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
(4) DETERMINE THE TOTAL ASSESSED VALUE OF THE PROPERTY IN THE
NON-HOMESTEAD CLASS ON THE REVALUATION ASSESSMENT ROLL, AFTER ACCOUNTING
FOR PHYSICAL CHANGES BETWEEN THE REVALUATION ASSESSMENT ROLL AND THE
PRIOR ASSESSMENT ROLL.
(5) DETERMINE THE TOTAL ASSESSED VALUE OF THE PROPERTY IN THE
NON-HOMESTEAD CLASS ON THE PRIOR ASSESSMENT ROLL.
(6) DIVIDE THE RESULT OBTAINED IN SUBPARAGRAPH FOUR OF THIS PARAGRAPH
BY THE RESULT OBTAINED IN SUBPARAGRAPH FIVE OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
(7) DETERMINE THE PERCENTAGE BY WHICH THE RESULT OBTAINED IN SUBPARA-
GRAPH THREE OF THIS PARAGRAPH EXCEEDS THE RESULT OBTAINED IN SUBPARA-
GRAPH SIX OF THIS PARAGRAPH. THE RESULT IS THE BASELINE DIFFERENTIAL.
S 1914. FOUR-YEAR CYCLE. 1. IN ORDER TO REMAIN A HOMESTEAD ASSESSING
UNIT, AT LEAST ONCE IN EVERY FOUR-YEAR PERIOD THE HOMESTEAD ASSESSING
UNIT MUST COMPLETE A REVALUATION AT ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF VALUE WHICH
IS CERTIFIED BY THE STATE BOARD AS BEING HOMESTEAD-COMPLIANT. IF IT
FAILS TO DO SO, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL CEASE TO BE APPLI-
CABLE TO THE ASSESSING UNIT AND TO THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS WHICH LEVY
TAXES UPON ITS ASSESSMENT ROLL; PROVIDED THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
ARTICLE SHALL REMAIN APPLICABLE TO ANY SUCH MUNICIPAL CORPORATION WHICH
MAY BE CONSIDERED AN ELIGIBLE SPLIT TAX DISTRICT BECAUSE IT IS PARTIALLY
LOCATED WITHIN A DIFFERENT ASSESSING UNIT THAT REMAINS A HOMESTEAD
ASSESSING UNIT.
2. AN ASSESSING UNIT WHICH HAS CEASED TO BE A HOMESTEAD ASSESSING UNIT
DUE TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION MAY REGAIN SUCH
STATUS ON A PROSPECTIVE BASIS BY COMPLETING ANOTHER REVALUATION AT ONE
HUNDRED PERCENT OF VALUE WHICH IS CERTIFIED BY THE STATE BOARD AS BEING
HOMESTEAD-COMPLIANT.
S 1915. TERMINATION. 1. THE GOVERNING BODY OF A HOMESTEAD ASSESSING
UNIT MAY ADOPT A RESOLUTION TERMINATING ITS STATUS AS A HOMESTEAD
ASSESSING UNIT. WHERE SUCH A RESOLUTION HAS BEEN ADOPTED, THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL CEASE TO BE APPLICABLE TO THE ASSESSING
UNIT AND TO THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS WHICH LEVY TAXES UPON ITS ASSESS-
MENT ROLL; PROVIDED THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL REMAIN
APPLICABLE TO ANY SUCH MUNICIPAL CORPORATION WHICH MAY BE CONSIDERED AN
ELIGIBLE SPLIT TAX DISTRICT BECAUSE IT IS PARTIALLY LOCATED WITHIN A
DIFFERENT ASSESSING UNIT THAT REMAINS A HOMESTEAD ASSESSING UNIT.
2. THE GOVERNING BODY OF A HOMESTEAD TAX DISTRICT MAY ADOPT A RESOL-
UTION TERMINATING ITS STATUS AS A HOMESTEAD TAX DISTRICT. WHERE SUCH A
RESOLUTION HAS BEEN ADOPTED, IT SHALL NO LONGER BE ELIGIBLE TO USE CLASS
TAX RATES, AND ANY ASSESSOR WHO HAD BEEN REQUIRED TO CLASSIFY PROPERTY
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AS HOMESTEAD OR NON-HOMESTEAD DUE TO THE STATUS OF THE MUNICIPAL CORPO-
RATION AS A HOMESTEAD TAX DISTRICT SHALL NO LONGER BE REQUIRED TO DO SO.
3. AN ASSESSING UNIT WHICH HAS CEASED TO BE A HOMESTEAD ASSESSING UNIT
DUE TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION MAY REGAIN SUCH
STATUS ON A PROSPECTIVE BASIS BY COMPLETING ANOTHER REVALUATION AT ONE
HUNDRED PERCENT OF VALUE WHICH IS CERTIFIED BY THE STATE BOARD AS BEING
HOMESTEAD-COMPLIANT.
S 1916. NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER REQUIRE-
MENT IMPOSED BY LAW, A COPY OF ANY LOCAL LAW OR RESOLUTION ADOPTED
PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE FILED WITH THE STATE BOARD WITHIN
THIRTY DAYS AFTER SUCH ADOPTION.
S 1917. STANDARD OF ASSESSMENT TO REMAIN APPLICABLE. ALL PROPERTY IN A
HOMESTEAD ASSESSING UNIT SHALL BE ASSESSED AS REQUIRED BY SUBDIVISION
TWO OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER. NOTHING CONTAINED IN
THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO AUTHORIZE ASSESSING THE HOMESTEAD
CLASS AT A DIFFERENT PERCENTAGE OF VALUE THAN THE NON-HOMESTEAD CLASS.
S 1918. ELECTION BY APPROVED ASSESSING UNITS. 1. (A) ANY ASSESSING
UNIT WHICH HAD BEEN CERTIFIED BY THE STATE BOARD PRIOR TO JANUARY FIRST,
TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN AS AN APPROVED ASSESSING UNIT PURSUANT TO SECTION
NINETEEN HUNDRED TWO OF THIS CHAPTER MAY ADOPT A LOCAL LAW DECLARING
ITSELF TO BE BOTH A HOMESTEAD ASSESSING UNIT AND A HOMESTEAD TAX
DISTRICT FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE. SUCH A LOCAL LAW SHALL BE ADOPTED
NO LATER THAN SIXTY DAYS BEFORE THE TAXABLE STATUS DATE OF THE FIRST
ASSESSMENT ROLL TO WHICH IT IS TO APPLY. UPON THE ENACTMENT OF SUCH A
LOCAL LAW, THE ASSESSING UNIT SHALL HAVE THE POWERS AND DUTIES CONFERRED
UPON HOMESTEAD ASSESSING UNITS AND HOMESTEAD TAX DISTRICTS BY THIS ARTI-
CLE, INCLUDING THE POWER TO ESTABLISH CLASS TAX RATES PURSUANT TO
SECTION NINETEEN HUNDRED THIRTEEN OF THIS ARTICLE; PROVIDED THAT
NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION NINETEEN HUNDRED FOURTEEN OF
THIS ARTICLE, A FORMER APPROVED ASSESSING UNIT SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO
COMPLETE A HOMESTEAD-COMPLIANT REVALUATION UNTIL THE FOURTH ASSESSMENT
ROLL PREPARED AFTER HAVING BECOME A HOMESTEAD ASSESSING UNIT.
(B) IF THE LOCAL LAW SO PROVIDES, THE ASSESSING UNIT MAY RETAIN WITH-
OUT CHANGE THE DEFINITION OF "HOMESTEAD CLASS" THAT APPLIED THEREIN
PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THIRTEEN OF SECTION NINETEEN HUNDRED ONE OF THIS
CHAPTER ON THE LAST DAY OF ITS DESIGNATION AS AN APPROVED ASSESSING
UNIT.
2. ANY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION THAT NO LONGER QUALIFIES AS A "PORTION"
OR AN "ELIGIBLE SPLIT TAX DISTRICT" DUE TO ADOPTION OF A LOCAL LAW
PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSIDERED A HOME-
STEAD TAX DISTRICT FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE WITHOUT FURTHER ACTION
ON ITS PART. AS SUCH, IT SHALL HAVE THE POWERS AND DUTIES CONFERRED UPON
IT BY THIS ARTICLE, INCLUDING THE POWER TO ESTABLISH CLASS TAX RATES
PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETEEN HUNDRED THIRTEEN OF THIS ARTICLE. FOR
PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERMS "PORTION" AND "ELIGIBLE SPLIT TAX
DISTRICT" SHALL HAVE THE MEANINGS SET FORTH IN SECTION NINETEEN HUNDRED
ONE OF THIS CHAPTER.
3. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION NINE-
TEEN HUNDRED THIRTEEN OF THIS ARTICLE, THE "BASELINE DIFFERENTIAL" FOR A
FORMER APPROVED ASSESSING UNIT, AND FOR ANY FORMER PORTION OR ELIGIBLE
SPLIT TAX DISTRICT ASSOCIATED THEREWITH, SHALL BE COMPUTED BY DIVIDING
ITS LATEST NON-HOMESTEAD TAX RATE BY ITS LATEST HOMESTEAD TAX RATE, AS
DETERMINED FOR ITS FINAL LEVY OF TAXES UNDER ARTICLE NINETEEN OF THIS
CHAPTER. IF THE BASELINE DIFFERENTIAL SO COMPUTED EXCEEDS TWENTY-FIVE
PERCENT, THEN THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE HOMESTEAD TAX DISTRICT MAY ADOPT
A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THAT THE LIMITATION IMPOSED BY PARAGRAPH (A) OF
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SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION NINETEEN HUNDRED THIRTEEN OF THIS ARTICLE
UPON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE NON-HOMESTEAD AND HOMESTEAD CLASS TAX
RATES SHALL BE PHASED IN OVER TIME IN THE SAME MANNER AS IS PROVIDED IN
SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION NINETEEN HUNDRED THIRTEEN OF THIS ARTICLE.
S 4. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 339-y of the real prop-
erty law, as amended by chapter 218 of the laws of 1986, subparagraph
(ii) as amended by chapter 223 of the laws of 1989, is amended to read
as follows:
(d) The provisions of paragraph (b) of this subdivision shall not
apply to such real property classified within:
(i) on and after January first, nineteen hundred eighty-six, class one
of section one thousand eight hundred two of the real property tax law;
[or]
(ii) on and after January first, nineteen hundred eighty-four, the
homestead class of an approved assessing unit which has adopted the
provisions of section one thousand nine hundred three of the real prop-
erty tax law, or the homestead class of the portion outside an approved
assessing unit of an eligible split school district which has adopted
the provisions of section nineteen hundred three-a of the real property
tax law; provided, however, that, in an approved assessing unit which
adopted the provisions of section one thousand nine hundred three of the
real property tax law prior to [the effective date of this subdivision]
APRIL THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE, paragraph (b) of this
subdivision shall apply to all such real property (i) which is classi-
fied within the homestead class pursuant to paragraph one of subdivision
(e) of section one thousand nine hundred one of the real property tax
law and (ii) which, regardless of classification, was on the assessment
roll prior to [the effective date of this subdivision] APRIL THIRTIETH,
NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE unless the governing body of such approved
assessing unit provides by local law adopted after a public hearing,
prior to the taxable status date of such assessing unit next occurring
after December thirty-first, nineteen hundred eighty-three, that such
paragraph (b) shall not apply to such real property to which this clause
applies. Provided further, however, real property subject to the
provisions of this subparagraph shall be assessed pursuant to subdivi-
sion two of section five hundred eighty-one of the real property tax
law[.]; OR
(III) ON AND AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN, THE HOMESTEAD
CLASS OF A HOMESTEAD TAX DISTRICT ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION NINE-
TEEN HUNDRED TWELVE OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW, PROVIDED THAT REAL
PROPERTY SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH SHALL BE
ASSESSED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE
OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW.
S 5. Subdivision 8 of section 425 of the real property tax law, as
added by section 1 of part B of chapter 389 of the laws of 1997, is
amended to read as follows:
8. Effect of exemption. The exemption authorized by this section shall
have the effect specified in section one thousand three hundred six-a of
this chapter. The exemption shall not be considered when determining
state aid to education pursuant to section thirty-six hundred two of the
education law, when determining school district debt limits pursuant to
law, when determining the amount of taxes to be levied by or on behalf
of a school district, when calculating tax rates for a school district,
when apportioning taxes between or among school districts, when appor-
tioning taxes among classes in a special assessing unit under article
eighteen of this chapter, or when apportioning taxes between classes in
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an approved assessing unit OR A HOMESTEAD TAX DISTRICT under article
nineteen OR NINETEEN-A of this chapter.
S 6. Subdivision 1 of section 511 of the real property tax law, as
amended by chapter 319 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as
follows:
1. In the year of a revaluation or update of assessments, the assessor
shall, and in any other year may, not later than sixty days prior to the
date set by law for the filing of the tentative assessment roll, mail to
each owner of real property therein, an assessment disclosure notice in
the format provided in paragraph (a) of subdivision two of this section.
However, pursuant to a resolution adopted by the governing board of the
assessing unit, other than a special assessing unit or an approved
assessing unit which has adopted the provisions of section nineteen
hundred three of this chapter OR A HOMESTEAD ASSESSING UNIT ESTABLISHED
PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETEEN HUNDRED TWELVE OF THIS CHAPTER, such
assessment disclosure notice shall include in lieu thereof the items
specified in paragraph (b) of subdivision two of this section.
S 7. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 581 of the real proper-
ty tax law, as amended by chapter 223 of the laws of 1989, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) The provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivision shall not
apply to such real property classified within:
(i) on and after January first, nineteen hundred eighty-six, class one
of section one thousand eight hundred two of this chapter; [or]
(ii) on and after January first, nineteen hundred eighty-four, the
homestead class of an approved assessing unit which has adopted the
provisions of section one thousand nine hundred three of this chapter,
or the homestead class of the portion outside an approved assessing unit
of an eligible split school district which has adopted the provisions of
section nineteen hundred three-a of this chapter; provided, however,
that, in an approved assessing unit which adopted the provisions of
section one thousand nine hundred three of this chapter prior to the
effective date of this subdivision, paragraph (a) of this subdivision
shall apply to all such real property (i) which is classified within the
homestead class pursuant to [paragraph one of subdivision (e) of]
section one thousand nine hundred one of this chapter and (ii) which,
regardless of classification, was on the assessment roll prior to [the
effective date of this subdivision] APRIL THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED
EIGHTY-THREE unless the governing body of such approved assessing unit
provides by local law adopted after a public hearing, prior to the taxa-
ble status date of such assessing unit next occurring after December
thirty-first, nineteen hundred eighty-three, that such paragraph (a)
shall not apply to such real property to which this clause applies[.];
OR
(III) ON AND AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN, THE HOMESTEAD
CLASS OF A HOMESTEAD TAX DISTRICT.
S 8. Subdivision 2 of section 581 of the real property tax law, as
added by chapter 223 of the laws of 1989, is amended to read as follows:
2. Real property owned or leased by a cooperative corporation or on a
condominium basis which is located in an approved assessing unit OR A
HOMESTEAD TAX DISTRICT, or which is not located in an approved assessing
unit OR A HOMESTEAD TAX DISTRICT but which is located in an eligible
split school district which has adopted the provisions of section nine-
teen hundred three-a of this chapter, and is not subject to the
provisions of paragraph (a) of subdivision one of this section, shall be
assessed pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision.
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(a) The assessor of an assessing unit in which such real property is
located shall compute an assessment which would be placed on such parcel
were the parcel not owned or leased by a cooperative corporation or on a
condominium basis, which value shall be known as the restricted assessed
valuation.
(b) The assessor of such assessing unit in which such real property is
located shall compute an assessment which would be placed on such parcel
without regard to the restrictions found in paragraph (a) of this subdi-
vision or section three hundred thirty-nine-y of the real property law,
which value shall be known as the assessed valuation.
(c) The assessor of such assessing unit shall enter the assessed valu-
ation on the assessment roll of such assessing unit and the restricted
assessed valuation in a separate column of the assessment roll of such
assessing unit.
(d) A municipal corporation which levies taxes pursuant to article
nineteen OR NINETEEN-A of this chapter shall levy such taxes against the
assessed valuation of such parcels for taxes imposed by or on behalf of
such municipal corporation.
(e) A municipal corporation which does not levy taxes pursuant to
article nineteen OR NINETEEN-A of this chapter shall levy such taxes
against the restricted assessed valuation of such parcels for taxes
levied by or on behalf of such municipal corporation.
S 9. Clause (i) of subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of
section 720 of the real property tax law, as amended by chapter 679 of
the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
(i) residential: all one, two and three family residential real prop-
erty including such dwellings used in part for non-residential purposes
but which are used primarily for residential purposes, except such prop-
erty held in cooperative or condominium forms of ownership provided,
however, that in any approved assessing unit which has adopted the
provisions of section nineteen hundred three of this chapter AND IN ANY
HOMESTEAD TAX DISTRICT, the residential type shall be the homestead
class as defined in this chapter;
S 10. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 1111 of the real prop-
erty tax law, as added by chapter 532 of the laws of 1994, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) "Residential property" means property which is improved by a one,
two or three family structure used exclusively for residential purposes
other than property subject to the assessment limitations of section
five hundred eighty-one of this chapter and article nine-B of the real
property law. A parcel shall be deemed to be residential property for
purposes of this article if the applicable tax roll shows that (i) the
assessor has assigned to the parcel a property classification code in
the residential category, or (ii) the parcel has been included in the
homestead class in an approved assessing unit OR A HOMESTEAD TAX
DISTRICT, or in class one in a special assessing unit.
S 11. The real property tax law is amended by adding a new section
1617 to read as follows:
S 1617. CLASS TAX RATE OPTIONS. 1. A CONSOLIDATED ASSESSING UNIT SHALL
BECOME A HOMESTEAD ASSESSING UNIT UNDER ARTICLE NINETEEN-A OF THIS CHAP-
TER UPON THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTIONS SO PROVIDING BY ALL OF THE CONSTIT-
UENT MUNICIPALITIES THEREOF, AND MAY TERMINATE ITS STATUS AS A HOMESTEAD
ASSESSING UNIT IN THE SAME MANNER.
2. IN AN APPROVED ASSESSING UNIT OR HOMESTEAD ASSESSING UNIT THAT HAS
BECOME A CONSTITUENT MUNICIPALITY OF A CONSOLIDATED ASSESSING UNIT
ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE, THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE NINETEEN
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OR NINETEEN-A OF THIS CHAPTER, WHICHEVER HAD BEEN APPLICABLE, SHALL
CONTINUE TO BE APPLICABLE TO THE SAME EXTENT AS IF THE ASSESSING UNIT
HAD NOT BECOME PART OF A CONSOLIDATED ASSESSING UNIT, PROVIDED THAT THE
CONSTITUENT MUNICIPALITY MAY WAIVE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION BY
LOCAL LAW.
S 12. This act shall take effect January 1, 2011, provided that:
(a) an application for certification of a revaluation as homestead-
compliant pursuant to section 1912 of the real property tax law as added
by section three of this act may be submitted and approved prior to such
date; and
(b) a resolution to become a homestead assessing unit pursuant to
section 1912 of the real property tax law as added by section three of
this act may be adopted prior to such date.