Bill Text: NY A00971 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the establishment of the real property tax exemption task force; relates to the membership of the task force and data provided to the task force.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-04 - substituted by s905 [A00971 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A00971-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 971 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 6, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Real Property Taxation AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of 2020 relating to establishing the real property tax exemption task force, and providing for its powers and duties, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3679-A and A. 3330-A, in relation to the establishment thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of section 1 of a chapter of the laws 2 of 2020 relating to establishing the real property tax exemption task 3 force, and providing for its powers and duties, as proposed in legisla- 4 tive bills numbers S. 3679-A and A. 3330-A, is amended to read as 5 follows: 6 There is hereby established [within the department of taxation and7finance] a real property tax exemption task force. The purpose of the 8 task force shall be to study and prepare a report which shall include, 9 but not be limited to the following: 10 § 2. Section 2 of a chapter of the laws of 2020 relating to establish- 11 ing the real property tax exemption task force, and providing for its 12 powers and duties, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3679-A 13 and A. 3330-A, is amended to read as follows: 14 § 2. The real property tax exemption task force shall consist of a 15 total of [seven] nine members and shall include: [the commissioner of16taxation and finance or his or her designee;] the comptroller or his or 17 her designee; the attorney general or his or her designee; [one person] 18 two persons appointed by the temporary president of the senate; one 19 person appointed by the minority leader of the senate; [one person] two 20 persons appointed by the speaker of the assembly; [and] one person 21 appointed by the minority leader of the assembly; and the president of 22 the New York State Assessors Association or his or her designee. All EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07147-01-1A. 971 2 1 appointees to the real property tax exemption task force shall be made 2 no later than thirty days after the effective date of this act. Any 3 vacancy shall be filled by the appointing authority. 4 § 3. Section 4 of a chapter of the laws of 2020 relating to establish- 5 ing the real property tax exemption task force, and providing for its 6 powers and duties, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3679-A 7 and A. 3330-A, is amended to read as follows: 8 § 4. The department of taxation and finance shall provide the real 9 property tax exemption task force with such [facilities, assistance, and10data as will enable such] data obtained by the department from assess- 11 ment rolls and assessors' reports as the task force may require to carry 12 out its powers and duties. To the extent practicable, such data shall be 13 provided in a format in accordance with the standards outlined in the 14 New York State Open Data Handbook pursuant to Executive Order ninety- 15 five of two thousand thirteen. 16 § 4. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same 17 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2020 relating to establishing the 18 real property tax exemption task force, and providing for its powers and 19 duties, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3679-A and A. 20 3330-A, takes effect.
