Senate Bill S893B

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to classifying properties held in condominium and cooperative form for assessment purposes as class one-a properties

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2015-S893 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4224
Current Committee:
Assembly Real Property Taxation
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §581, amd RPT L, generally; amd §§11-208.1, 11-238, 11-319, 11-320, 11-354, 11-401, 11-401.1, 11-404 & 11-405, NYC Ad Cd; amd §339-y, RP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S5118, A8118
2013-2014: S726, A3947
2017-2018: S1408, A3444, A7475
2019-2020: A5241
2021-2022: A8939
2023-2024: A4107

2015-S893 - Summary

Classifies properties held in condominium and cooperative form for assessment purposes as class one-a properties; requires that the annual tax rate percentage change for class one-a properties does not exceed the annual tax rate percentage change for class one properties.

2015-S893 - Sponsor Memo

2015-S893 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   893

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. AVELLA, STAVISKY -- 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 and the administrative code of
  the city of New York, in relation to classifying  properties  held  in
  condominium  and  cooperative  form  for  assessment purposes as class
  one-a properties; and to amend  the  general  municipal  law  and  the
  education  law,  in  relation  to establishing limitations upon school
  district and local government tax levies 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 1 of section 1802 of the real property tax law,
as separately amended by chapters 123 and 529 of the laws of 1990, para-
graph  class  one  as  amended  by  chapter  332 of the laws of 2008, is
amended to read as follows:
  1. All real property, for the purposes of this article, in  a  special
assessing unit shall be classified as follows:
  Class  one: (a) all one, two and three family residential real proper-
        ty, including such dwellings used  in  part  for  nonresidential
        purposes  but which are used primarily for residential purposes,
        except such property held in cooperative or condominium forms of
        ownership other than (i) property defined in  subparagraphs  (b)
        and  (c)  of  this paragraph and (ii) property which contains no
        more than three dwelling  units  held  in  condominium  form  of
        ownership and which was classified within this class on a previ-
        ous  assessment  roll;  and  provided  that, notwithstanding the
        provisions of paragraph (g) of subdivision twelve of section one
        hundred two of this chapter, a mobile home or  a  trailer  shall
        not  be classified within this class unless it is owner-occupied
        and separately assessed; and (b) residential real  property  not
        more  than  three  stories in height held in condominium form of
        ownership, provided that no dwelling unit therein previously was

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01929-01-5
              

co-Sponsors

2015-S893A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4224
Current Committee:
Assembly Real Property Taxation
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §581, amd RPT L, generally; amd §§11-208.1, 11-238, 11-319, 11-320, 11-354, 11-401, 11-401.1, 11-404 & 11-405, NYC Ad Cd; amd §339-y, RP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S5118, A8118
2013-2014: S726, A3947
2017-2018: S1408, A3444, A7475
2019-2020: A5241
2021-2022: A8939
2023-2024: A4107

2015-S893A - Summary

Classifies properties held in condominium and cooperative form for assessment purposes as class one-a properties; requires that the annual tax rate percentage change for class one-a properties does not exceed the annual tax rate percentage change for class one properties.

2015-S893A - Sponsor Memo

2015-S893A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 893--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. AVELLA, STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local  Government
  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
  and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, the  administrative  code  of
  the city of New York and the real property law, in relation to classi-
  fying  properties held in condominium and cooperative form for assess-
  ment purposes as class one-a properties;  and  to  amend  the  general
  municipal law and the education law, in relation to establishing limi-
  tations  upon  school  district and local government tax levies 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 1 of section 1802 of the real property tax law,
as separately amended by chapters 123 and 529 of the laws of 1990, para-
graph  class  one  as  amended  by  chapter  332 of the laws of 2008, is
amended to read as follows:
  1. All real property, for the purposes of this article, in  a  special
assessing unit shall be classified as follows:
  Class  one: (a) all one, two and three family residential real proper-
        ty, including such dwellings used  in  part  for  nonresidential
        purposes  but which are used primarily for residential purposes,
        except such property held in cooperative or condominium forms of
        ownership other than (i) property defined in  subparagraphs  (b)
        and  (c)  of  this paragraph and (ii) property which contains no
        more than three dwelling  units  held  in  condominium  form  of
        ownership and which was classified within this class on a previ-
        ous  assessment  roll;  and  provided  that, notwithstanding the
        provisions of paragraph (g) of subdivision twelve of section one
        hundred two of this chapter, a mobile home or  a  trailer  shall
        not  be classified within this class unless it is owner-occupied

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01929-04-5
              

co-Sponsors

2015-S893B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4224
Current Committee:
Assembly Real Property Taxation
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §581, amd RPT L, generally; amd §§11-208.1, 11-238, 11-319, 11-320, 11-354, 11-401, 11-401.1, 11-404 & 11-405, NYC Ad Cd; amd §339-y, RP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S5118, A8118
2013-2014: S726, A3947
2017-2018: S1408, A3444, A7475
2019-2020: A5241
2021-2022: A8939
2023-2024: A4107

2015-S893B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Classifies properties held in condominium and cooperative form for assessment purposes as class one-a properties; requires that the annual tax rate percentage change for class one-a properties does not exceed the annual tax rate percentage change for class one properties.

2015-S893B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S893B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 893--B
    Cal. No. 955

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  AVELLA, KLEIN, STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered
  printed, and when printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Local
  Government -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
  amended  and  recommitted  to  said  committee  --  recommitted to the
  Committee on Local Government in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
  -- committee discharged and said bill committed to  the  Committee  on
  Rules  --  ordered  to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted,
  retaining its place in the order of third reading

AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, the  administrative  code  of
  the city of New York and the real property law, in relation to classi-
  fying  properties held in condominium and cooperative form for assess-
  ment purposes  as  class  one-a  properties;  and  to  repeal  certain
  provisions of the real property tax law relating thereto

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 1802 of the real property tax law,
as separately amended by chapters 123 and 529 of the laws of 1990, para-
graph class one as amended by chapter  332  of  the  laws  of  2008,  is
amended to read as follows:
  1.  All  real property, for the purposes of this article, in a special
assessing unit shall be classified as follows:
  Class one: (a) all one, two and three family residential real  proper-
        ty,  including  such  dwellings  used in part for nonresidential
        purposes but which are used primarily for residential  purposes,
        except such property held in cooperative or condominium forms of
        ownership  other  than (i) property defined in subparagraphs (b)
        and (c) of this paragraph and (ii) property  which  contains  no
        more  than  three  dwelling  units  held  in condominium form of
        ownership and which was classified within this class on a previ-
        ous assessment roll;  and  provided  that,  notwithstanding  the
        provisions of paragraph (g) of subdivision twelve of section one

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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