Bill Text: AZ HB2010 | 2018 | Fifty-third Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Elderly homeowners; class six property
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-10 - House read second time [HB2010 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2018-HB2010-Introduced.html
PREFILED NOV 21 2017
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REFERENCE TITLE: elderly homeowners; class six property |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-third Legislature Second Regular Session 2018
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HB 2010 |
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Introduced by Representative Cardenas
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AN ACT
amending sections 32‑1131 and 42‑12006, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to residential real property.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 32-1131, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
32-1131. Definitions
In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Assessment" means the contribution by a contractor to the residential contractors' recovery fund.
2. "Fund" means the residential contractors' recovery fund.
3. "Person injured":
(a) Means any owner of residential real property that is either noncommercial historic property as defined in section 42‑12101 or classified as class three property under section 42‑12003 or as class six property under section 42‑12006, paragraph 9. The property must also be actually occupied or intended to be occupied by the owner as a residence including community property, tenants in common or joint tenants who are damaged by the failure of a residential contractor or a dual licensed contractor to adequately build or improve a residential structure or appurtenance on that real property.
(b) Includes lessees of residential real property who contract directly with a residential contractor or indirectly with a subcontractor of that contractor and homeowners' or unit owners' associations after transfer of control from the builder or developer for damages to the common elements within the complex.
4. "Residential contractor" means a contractor as defined in section 32‑1101 who is licensed to perform work on residential property pursuant to this chapter and who engages in residential contracting.
Sec. 2. Section 42-12006, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
42-12006. Class six property
For purposes of taxation, class six is established consisting of:
1. Noncommercial historic property as defined in section 42‑12101 and valued at full cash value.
2. Real and personal property that is located within the area of a foreign trade zone or subzone established under 19 United States Code section 81 and title 44, chapter 18, that is activated for foreign trade zone use by the district director of the United States customs service pursuant to 19 Code of Federal Regulations section 146.6 and that is valued at full cash value. Property that is classified under this paragraph shall not thereafter be classified under paragraph 6 of this section.
3. Real and personal property and improvements that are located in a military reuse zone that is established under title 41, chapter 10, article 3 and that is devoted to providing aviation or aerospace services or to manufacturing, assembling or fabricating aviation or aerospace products, valued at full cash value and subject to the following terms and conditions:
(a) Property may not be classified under this paragraph for more than five tax years.
(b) Any new addition or improvement to property already classified under this paragraph qualifies separately for classification under this paragraph for not more than five tax years.
(c) If a military reuse zone is terminated, the property in that zone that was previously classified under this paragraph shall be reclassified as prescribed by this article.
(d) Property that is classified under this paragraph shall not thereafter be classified under paragraph 6 of this section.
4. Real and personal property and improvements or a portion of such property comprising an environmental technology manufacturing, producing or processing facility that qualified under section 41‑1514.02, valued at full cash value and subject to the following terms and conditions:
(a) Property shall be classified under this paragraph for twenty tax years from the date placed in service.
(b) Any addition or improvement to property already classified under this paragraph qualifies separately for classification under this subdivision for an additional twenty tax years from the date placed in service.
(c) After revocation of certification under section 41‑1514.02, property that was previously classified under this paragraph shall be reclassified as prescribed by this article.
(d) Property that is classified under this paragraph shall not thereafter be classified under paragraph 6 of this section.
5. That portion of real and personal property that is used on or after January 1, 1999 specifically and solely for remediation of the environment by an action that has been determined to be reasonable and necessary to respond to the release or threatened release of a hazardous substance by the department of environmental quality pursuant to section 49‑282.06 or pursuant to its corrective action authority under rules adopted pursuant to section 49‑922, subsection B, paragraph 4 or by the United States environmental protection agency pursuant to the national contingency plan (40 Code of Federal Regulations part 300) and that is valued at full cash value. Property that is not being used specifically and solely for the remediation objectives described in this paragraph shall not be classified under this paragraph. For the purposes of this paragraph, "remediation of the environment" means one or more of the following actions:
(a) Monitoring, assessing or evaluating the release or threatened release.
(b) Excavating, removing, transporting, treating and disposing of contaminated soil.
(c) Pumping and treating contaminated water.
(d) Treatment, containment or removal of contaminants in groundwater or soil.
6. Real and personal property and improvements constructed or installed from and after December 31, 2004 through December 31, 2024 and owned by a qualified business under section 41‑1516 and used solely for the purpose of harvesting, transporting or processing qualifying forest products removed from qualifying projects as defined in section 41‑1516. The classification under this paragraph is subject to the following terms and conditions:
(a) Property may be initially classified under this paragraph only in valuation years 2005 through 2024.
(b) Property may not be classified under this paragraph for more than five years.
(c) Any new addition or improvement, constructed or installed from and after December 31, 2004 through December 31, 2024, to property already classified under this paragraph qualifies separately for classification and assessment under this paragraph for not more than five years.
(d) Property that is classified under this paragraph shall not thereafter be classified under paragraph 2, 3 or 4 of this section.
7. Real and personal property and improvements to the property that are used specifically and solely to manufacture from and after December 31, 2006 through December 31, 2023 biodiesel fuel that is one hundred per cent percent biodiesel and its by-products or motor vehicle biofuel and its by‑products and that are valued at full cash value. This paragraph applies only to the portion of property that is used specifically for manufacturing and processing one hundred per cent percent biodiesel fuel, or its related by‑products, or motor vehicle biofuel, or its related by‑products, from raw feedstock obtained from off‑site sources, including necessary on‑site storage facilities that are intrinsically associated with the manufacturing process. Any other commercial or industrial use disqualifies the entire property from classification under this paragraph. For the purposes of this paragraph, "motor vehicle biofuel" means a solid, liquid or gaseous fuel that is derived from biological material such as plant or animal matter, excluding organic material that has been transformed by geological processes into substances such as coal or petroleum or derivatives thereof, and that:
(a) Contains fuel additives in compliance with federal and state law.
(b) Is manufactured exclusively for use in a motor vehicle.
8. Real and personal property and improvements that are certified pursuant to section 41‑1511, subsection C, paragraph 2 and that are used for renewable energy manufacturing or headquarters operations as provided by section 42‑12057. This paragraph applies only to property that is used in manufacturing and headquarters operations of renewable energy companies, including necessary on-site research and development, testing and storage facilities that are associated with the manufacturing process. Up to ten per cent percent of the aggregate full cash value of the property may be derived from uses that are ancillary to and intrinsically associated with the manufacturing process or headquarters operation. Any additional ancillary property is not qualified for classification under this paragraph. No new properties may be classified pursuant to this paragraph from and after December 31, 2014. Classification under this paragraph is limited to the time periods determined by the Arizona commerce authority pursuant to section 41‑1511, subsection C, paragraph 2, subdivision (a) or (b). Property that is classified under this paragraph shall not thereafter be classified under any other paragraph of this section.
9. Real property and improvements to the property that are used as the owner's primary residence, that are owned by an individual who qualifies for property valuation protection under article IX, section 18, subsection (7), Constitution of Arizona, and that are valued at full cash value. To qualify under this paragraph, the individual may not own or have any legal, equitable, beneficial or security interest in any other real property, wherever it may be located, except indirectly through an investment security such as a mutual fund, that includes real property among its assets. This paragraph does not apply to any real property and improvements with a full cash value of six hundred thousand dollars or more unless the property qualifies for valuation protection pursuant to article IX, section 18, subsection (7), Constitution of Arizona, as of December 31, 2018.
