Bill Text: VA HB233 | 2010 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Affordable housing units; assessments.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2010-04-21 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0824) [HB233 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2010-HB233-Prefiled.html
10100870D Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §§58.1-3295 and 58.1-3381 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows: §58.1-3295. Assessment of real property; affordable housing. A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in determining
the fair market value of real property 1. The rent and the impact of applicable rent restrictions; 2. The operating expenses and expenditures and the impact of any such additional expenses or expenditures; and 3. Restrictions on the transfer of title or other restraints on alienation of the real property. The owner of real property The duly authorized real estate assessor shall also consider evidence presented by the property owner of other restrictions imposed by law that impact the variables set forth in this subsection. B. Federal or state income tax credits with respect to affordable housing rental property within the purview of subsection A shall not be considered real property or income attributable to real property. C. For property where only a portion of the units are operated as affordable housing, as defined in §42 of the Internal Revenue Code or as required by state law or applicable local ordinance, only the portion determined to be affordable housing shall be subject to this section. D. The duly authorized real estate assessor shall not reduce the capitalization rate in determining the valuation for affordable housing within the purview of this section. E. Notwithstanding the provisions of §58.1-3379, a taxpayer seeking relief under this section shall have the burden of proof by a preponderance of the evidence that the valuation determined by the duly authorized real estate assessor is erroneous and was not arrived at in accordance with generally accepted practice and not in accordance with this section. §58.1-3381. Action of board; notice required before assessment increase made; presumption for affordable rental property. A. The board shall hear and determine any and all such petitions and, by order, may increase, decrease or affirm the assessment of which complaint is made; and, by order, it may increase or decrease any assessment, upon its own motion. No assessment shall be increased until after the owner of the property has been notified and given an opportunity to show cause against such increase, unless such owner has already been heard. B. Any determination of the assessment by the board on affordable rental housing as
determined for property subject to §58.1-3295 shall be
deemed presumptively correct for the succeeding two years or the
remainder of the assessment cycle, whichever occurs first, unless
the assessor can demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that a
substantial change in value of the property has occurred. |