489-BBBBB - Real property tax exemption.

§  489-bbbbb.  Real  property tax exemption.   1. Within the mixed-use  construction exemption area specified in subdivision twelve  of  section  489-aaaaa  of  this  title, the following benefits shall be available to  qualified recipients:  A recipient who, following the effective date  of  a  certificate  of  eligibility,  has performed residential construction  work or both residential construction work and  commercial  construction  work  on mixed-use property shall be eligible for an exemption from real  property taxes as follows: For the first eight tax years, the  recipient  shall be exempt from taxation on one hundred per centum of the exemption  base. During the ninth year, the recipient shall be exempt from taxation  on  eighty  per centum of the exemption base; during the tenth year, the  recipient shall be exempt from taxation  on  sixty  per  centum  of  the  exemption  base; during the eleventh year, the recipient shall be exempt  from taxation on forty per centum of the exemption base; and during  the  twelfth  year, the recipient shall be exempt from taxation on twenty per  centum of the exemption base.    The following table shall illustrate the computation of the  exemption  pursuant to this subdivision:   Tax year following effective  date of certificate of  eligibility:                        Amount of exemption:          1 through 8                  100% of exemption base         9                            80% of exemption base        10                            60% of exemption base        11                            40% of exemption base        12                            20% of exemption base     2.  Notwithstanding  subdivision  one of this section, a recipient who  has  performed  residential  construction  work  or   both   residential  construction work and commercial construction work on mixed-use property  that,  in  accordance  with  procedures  set  forth  in  local  law, was  designated as a landmark before the  date  by  which  the  recipient  is  required  to complete the minimum required expenditure shall be eligible  for an exemption from real property taxes as follows: For the first nine  tax years, the recipient shall be exempt from taxation  on  one  hundred  per  centum  of the exemption base. During the tenth year, the recipient  shall be exempt from taxation on eighty  per  centum  of  the  exemption  base;  during  the  eleventh  year,  the  recipient shall be exempt from  taxation on sixty per centum of the exemption base; during  the  twelfth  year, the recipient shall be exempt from taxation on forty per centum of  the  exemption base; and during the thirteenth year, the recipient shall  be exempt from taxation on twenty per centum of the exemption base.    The following table shall illustrate the computation of the  exemption  pursuant to this subdivision:   Tax year following effective  date of certificate of  eligibility:                        Amount of exemption:          1 through 9                  100% of exemption base        10                             80% of exemption base        11                             60% of exemption base        12                             40% of exemption base        13                             20% of exemption base