Bill Text: NY S03060 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
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Bill Title: Imposes a tax on the transfer of certain real property within two years of the prior transfer of such property and provides for exemptions from such tax.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO CITIES [S03060 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S03060-Amended.html
Bill Title: Imposes a tax on the transfer of certain real property within two years of the prior transfer of such property and provides for exemptions from such tax.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO CITIES [S03060 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S03060-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3060--B 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 1, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to a tax on the transfer of certain real property within two years of the prior transfer of such property The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 11-2101 of the administrative code of the city of 2 New York is amended by adding four new subdivisions 19, 20, 21 and 22 to 3 read as follows: 4 19. "Prior conveyance of the property." The most recent conveyance of 5 the real property, whether conveyed on its own or as part of a larger 6 conveyance. 7 20. "Family member." A person's child, spouse, domestic partner, 8 parent, sibling, grandchild or grandparent, or the child or parent of a 9 person's spouse or domestic partner. 10 21. "Principal place of residence." A person's permanent or primary 11 home that the person occupies for more than a temporary or transitory 12 purpose. 13 22. "New housing." A residential unit or units that did not exist at 14 the time of the prior conveyance of the property to the extent that the 15 property had no residential units at the time of the prior conveyance 16 and at least one residential unit was subsequently added. 17 § 2. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended by 18 adding a new section 11-2120 to read as follows: 19 § 11-2120 Imposition of flip tax. a. In addition to the tax imposed by 20 section 11-2102 of this chapter, there is hereby imposed on each deed, 21 instrument or transaction at the time of the transfer whereby any prop- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04848-05-9S. 3060--B 2 1 erties of one to five separate residential units are transferred by a 2 grantor to a grantee and such transfer is made within two years from the 3 prior conveyance of the property, including but not limited to transfers 4 which are all cash transactions and transfers of property which has been 5 rented out during such two-year time period. The tax, which shall be 6 paid by the grantor, shall be at the rate of: 7 (1) twenty percent when the time since the prior conveyance of the 8 property is less than one year; and 9 (2) fifteen percent when the time since the prior conveyance of the 10 property is greater than or equal to one year but less than two years. 11 b. The tax imposed pursuant to subdivision a of this section shall not 12 be incurred on any transfer which occurs more than two years after the 13 prior conveyance of the property. 14 c. All revenues resulting from the imposition of the tax under this 15 section shall be paid to the state comptroller and shall be distributed 16 to the division of housing and community renewal to be used to support 17 neighborhood preservation companies in a city with a population of one 18 million or more. 19 d. (1) The following persons shall be exempt from the payment of the 20 tax imposed by this section: 21 (i) Property owners conveying property to a family member. 22 (ii) Property owners who can demonstrate a financial hardship which 23 justifies a conveyance of property in less than or equal to two years. 24 (2) The following properties shall be exempt from the payment of the 25 tax imposed by this section: 26 (i) Property which was conveyed within one year of the death of the 27 property owner. 28 (ii) Property being sold as new housing. 29 (iii) Property which the consideration or value conveyed, which is 30 otherwise subject to the tax imposed in this section, is less than or 31 equal to the consideration or value of such property conveyed at the 32 time of the prior conveyance of property. 33 (iv) Property which is otherwise exempt from payment of a real proper- 34 ty transfer tax, as defined in this chapter. 35 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 36 have become a law and shall apply to conveyances occurring on or after 37 such date.