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Senate Bill No. 696

(By Senator Yoder)

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[Introduced February 18, 2008; referred to the Committee on the Judiciary; and then to the Committee on Finance.]

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A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §11-3-1c, relating to the method of appraising certain affordable multifamily rental housing property for ad valorem property tax purposes.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §11-3-1c, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. ASSESSMENTS GENERALLY.
§11-3-1c. Method of appraising affordable multifamily rental housing property.
In determining the true and actual value of improved real property containing four or more residential units operated, in whole or in part, as affordable rental housing in accordance with the provisions of Sections 42 and 142(d), Title 26 of the United States Code and Sections 221(d)(3), 236, 241(f) or 983, Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations, for ad valorem property tax purposes, the assessor shall use the income method and, in doing so, shall take into account: (1) The rents and the impact of rent restrictions applicable to the property; (2) the expenses, including the impact of any extraordinary expenses, associated with the operation of the property; and (3) the impact of restrictions on transfer of title and other restraints on alienation of the property: Provided, That federal or state income tax credits allowed with respect to such property shall not be treated as a part of the property or as income attributable to it. For real property as to which only a portion of the individual housing units are operated as affordable rental housing, as defined in Section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, only that portion of the property is subject to the requirements of this section.

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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide for the method of appraising certain affordable multifamily rental property for property tax assessment purposes.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.)
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