What's happening
This bill creates a task force to study and report on New York's real property tax exemptions and recommend possible reforms.
Why it matters
Comprehensive Review of Exemptions. The bill mandates a deep analysis of every type and classification of real property tax exemption in New York, including who gets them, how many properties benefit, and the financial value of these exemptions. This can reveal which groups or property types are receiving significant tax breaks.
Transparency and Accountability. By requiring a publicly reported accounting of exemptions (including those granted by industrial development agencies), the task force could expose inefficiencies, abuses, or outdated policies—laying groundwork for more transparent and equitable tax policy.
Potential for Major Policy Change. The task force is tasked with making recommendations on whether current exemptions should be continued or reformed, which could result in significant changes to who pays property taxes and how much, affecting homeowners, businesses, nonprofits, and local government revenues.
Brings Diverse Stakeholders Together. The composition of the task force includes representatives from state agencies and both majority and minority parties in the legislature, increasing the likelihood that its findings will be considered credible and its recommendations actionable.
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Who cares
Department of Taxation and Finance
The department would house the task force and provide the facilities, assistance and data needed for its review of property tax exemptions.
Industrial development agencies
The task force would examine the number of properties receiving exemptions through these agencies and the total value of those exemptions.
Owners of tax-exempt real property
The task force would recommend whether the types and classifications permitting their exemptions should continue or be reformed.
State legislators
Legislative leaders would appoint four task force members, and the Legislature would receive its findings and recommendations within one year of its establishment.
Headline styles
Create Tax Exemption Task Force
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
1 Co-sponsor
History
- Substituted by S3679A
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.298
- Rules report cal.298
- Reported
- Reported referred to rules
- Print number 3330a
- Amend (t) and recommit to ways and means
- Reported referred to ways and means
- Referred to real property taxation
- Referred to real property taxation
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Study NY Property Tax Exemptions
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Pete Harckham
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3330--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 29, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Real Property Taxation -- recommitted to the Committee on Real Property Taxation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -reported and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT relating to establishing the real property tax exemption task force, and providing for its powers and duties; and repealing such provisions of law relating thereto
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Real property tax exemption task force. There is hereby established within the department of taxation and finance a real property tax exemption task force. The purpose of the task force shall be to study and prepare a report which shall include, but not be limited to the following:
(a) the types and classifications of New York real properties that can and have been granted tax exemptions;
(b) the number of each type and classification of real property granted a partial exemption and the number granted a full exemption and the total value of each;
(c) the process by which each type and classification has been or can be granted a tax exemption;
(d) the types and classifications of real property, if any, required by federal law to be given a tax exemption;
(e) the number of real properties that have been given tax exemptions by industrial development agencies and the total value of these tax exemptions; and
(f) recommendations as to whether the types and classifications permitting such tax exemptions should be continued or reformed.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05110-03-0
A. 3330--A 2
§ 2. The real property tax exemption task force shall consist of a total of seven members and shall include: the commissioner of taxation and finance or his or her designee; the comptroller or his or her designee; the attorney general or his or her designee; one person appointed by the temporary president of the senate; one person appointed by the minority leader of the senate; one person appointed by the speaker of the assembly; and one person appointed by the minority leader of the assembly. All appointees to the real property tax exemption task force shall be made no later than thirty days after the effective date of this act. Any vacancy shall be filled by the appointing authority.
§ 3. The members of the real property tax exemption task force shall serve without compensation, except that members shall be allowed their necessary and actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties under this act.
§ 4. The department of taxation and finance shall provide the real property tax exemption task force with such facilities, assistance, and data as will enable such task force to carry out its powers and duties.
§ 5. The real property tax exemption task force shall issue a report of its findings and recommendations to the legislature within one year of its establishment.
§ 6. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be deemed repealed two years after such effective date, or upon delivery of the report required by section five of this act, whichever comes first; provided that the real property tax exemption task force shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission upon delivery of the report required by section five of this act in order that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely effective database of the official text of the laws of the state of New York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of the public officers law.
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