Bill Text: NC H1249 | 2010 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Homebuilder Property Tax Deferral Change
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)
Status: (Passed) 2010-07-22 - Ch. SL 2010-140 [H1249 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2010-H1249-Enrolled.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2009
HOUSE BILL 1249
RATIFIED BILL
AN ACT to modify the inventory property tax deferral.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 105‑277.1D reads as rewritten:
"§ 105‑277.1D. Inventory property tax deferral.
(a) Classification. – A
residence owned and constructed by a builder and owned by the builder
or a business entity of which the builder is a member, as defined in G.S. 105‑277.2,
is designated a special class of property under Section 2(2) of Article V
of the North Carolina Constitution and is taxable in accordance with this
section. For purposes of this section, a "residence" is an
improvement, other than remodeling, renovating, rehabilitating, or refinishing,
by a builder to real property that is intended to be sold and used as an
individual's residence, that is unoccupied, and for which a certificate of
occupancy authorized by law has been issued.
(b) Deferred Taxes. – A
builderAn owner may defer the portion of tax imposed on real
property that represents the increase in value of the property attributable
solely to improvements resulting from the construction by the builder of a
residence on the property. The difference between the taxes due under this
section and the taxes that would have been payable in the absence of this
section are a lien on the real property of the taxpayer as provided in G.S. 105‑355(a).
The difference in taxes for the fiscal years preceding the current tax year
shall be carried forward in the records of the taxing unit or units as deferred
taxes. The deferred taxes are due and payable in accordance with G.S. 105‑277.1F
when the property loses its eligibility for deferral because of the occurrence
of a disqualifying event. A disqualifying event occurs at the earliest of (i)
when the builder owner transfers the residence, (ii) when the
residence is occupied by the builder owner or by someone other
than the builder owner with the builder's owner's consent,
(iii) five years from the time the improved property was first subject to being
listed for taxation by the builder,owner, or (iv) three years
from the time the improved property first received the property tax benefit
provided by this section. On or before September 1 of each year, the collector
shall notify each builder owner to whom a tax deferral has
previously been granted of the accumulated sum of deferred taxes and interest.
(c) Creditor Limitations. –
A mortgagee or trustee that elects to pay any tax deferred by the builder owner
subject to a mortgage or deed of trust does not acquire a right to
foreclose as a result of the election. Except for requirements dictated by
federal law or regulation, any provision in a mortgage, deed of trust, or other
agreement that prohibits the builder owner from deferring taxes
on property under this section is void.
(d) Construction. – This section does not affect the attachment of a lien for personal property taxes against a tax‑deferred residence.
(e) Application. – An application for property tax relief provided by this section should be filed during the regular listing period but may be filed after the regular listing period upon a showing of good cause by the applicant for failure to make a timely application, as determined and approved by the board of equalization and review or, if that board is not in session, by the board of county commissioners. An untimely application approved under this subsection applies only to property taxes levied by the county or municipality in the calendar year in which the untimely application is filed. Decisions of the county board may be appealed to the Property Tax Commission. Persons may apply for this property tax relief by entering the appropriate information on a form made available by the assessor under G.S. 105‑282.1."
SECTION 2. This act is effective for taxes imposed for taxable years beginning on or after July 1, 2010.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 8th day of July, 2010.
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Walter H. Dalton
President of the Senate
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Joe Hackney
Speaker of the House of Representatives
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Beverly E. Perdue
Governor
Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2010