Bill Text: NY S07287 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Expands property tax credits for farmers to include a trustee or a trust established by the taxpayer and rented to a member of the taxpayer's immediate family where, under the terms of the trust, the title to the property shall pass to such family member upon the death of the taxpayer.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-04-18 - SIGNED CHAP.14 [S07287 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S07287-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7287 IN SENATE January 5, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the tax law and a chapter of the laws of 2017, amending the tax law relating to property tax credits for farmers, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 2899 and A. 4650, in relation to prop- erty tax credits for farmers The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph 3 of subsection (n) of section 606 of the tax 2 law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2017, amending the tax law 3 relating to property tax credits for farmers, as proposed in legislative 4 bills numbers S. 2899 and A. 4650, is amended to read as follows: 5 (3) School district property taxes. For purposes of this subsection, 6 the term "school district property taxes" means all property taxes, 7 special ad valorem levies and special assessments, exclusive of penal- 8 ties and interest, levied for school district purposes on the qualified 9 agricultural property (A) owned by the taxpayer, (B) owned by the 10 father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, brother or sister of the 11 taxpayer and a written agreement expressing intent to eventually 12 purchase the land has been entered into, or (C) owned by trust [to13which] where the taxpayer is [a beneficiary] an immediate family member 14 of the settlor, and where under the terms of the trust the title to the 15 property shall pass to such taxpayer upon the death of the settlor. 16 § 2. Section 2 of a chapter of the laws of 2017, amending the tax law 17 relating to property tax credits for farmers, as proposed in legislative 18 bills numbers S. 2899 and A. 4650, is amended to read as follows: 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable 20 years beginning on or after January 1, 2018. 21 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that section one 22 of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as 23 a chapter of the laws of 2017, amending the tax law relating to property 24 tax credits for farmers, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 25 2899 and A. 4650, takes effect. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08277-03-7