Bill Text: NY A09546 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Excludes solar or wind energy projects in the county of Lewis that were already in existence on the effective date of Part N of chapter 59 of the laws of 2023 from certain appraisal models and discount rates.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-03-20 - referred to real property taxation [A09546 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A09546-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9546

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 20, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BLANKENBUSH -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Real Property Taxation

        AN ACT to amend part N of chapter 59 of the laws of  2023  amending  the
          real  property  tax  law  and  the  state administrative procedure act
          relating to clarifying the  solar  or  wind  energy  system  appraisal
          model,  in relation to excluding certain solar or wind energy projects
          in the county of Lewis from  certain  appraisal  models  and  discount
          rates

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 3 of part N of chapter  59  of  the  laws  of  2023
     2  amending  the  real property tax law and the state administrative proce-
     3  dure act  relating  to  clarifying  the  solar  or  wind  energy  system
     4  appraisal model, is amended to read as follows:
     5    §  3.  1.  No  assessing  unit  that failed to use the appraisal model
     6  pursuant to section 575-b of the real property tax law in 2022 shall  be
     7  held  liable  for failing to use such model in 2022. Within fifteen days
     8  from the effective date of this act, the commissioner  of  taxation  and
     9  finance  may  readopt  the  2022  appraisal model or models and discount
    10  rates for use in 2023, without additional consultation with the New York
    11  state energy research and development authority or the  New  York  state
    12  assessors  association, and without soliciting or considering additional
    13  public comments.
    14    2. The appraisal model or models and discount rates developed pursuant
    15  to section 575-b of the real property tax law shall  not  apply  to  the
    16  assessed  value  for  any solar or wind energy projects in the county of
    17  Lewis already in existence on the effective date of this act.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  be  deemed  to
    19  have  been  in  full force and effect on and after the effective date of
    20  part N of chapter 59 of the laws of 2023.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14723-01-4