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A 7136

Excludes environmental contamination from consideration as a factor for real property assessment

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Gary Pretlow

Excludes environmental contamination from being used to set real property assessment values, removing contamination as a valuation factor for tax purposes.

REFERRED TO REAL PROPERTY TAXATION
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Bill Summary · A 7136

Summary of Bill A 7136 — Excludes Environmental Contamination from Consideration as a Factor for Real Property Assessment

Overview

  • Bill number: A 7136
  • Title: Excludes environmental contamination from consideration as a factor for real property assessment
  • Status: Referred to the Real Property Taxation committee
  • Introduced: March 20, 2025
  • Sponsor: J. Gary Pretlow (primary)

What the bill would do

  • The bill would amend the statutes governing real property assessments to exclude environmental contamination as a factor in determining the assessed value of real property.
  • In practical terms, contamination on a property could not be used by assessors as a basis to reduce or adjust the assessed value for tax purposes; existing valuation factors other than contamination would continue to apply.

Key provisions and changes (as implied by the title)

  • Prohibits consideration of environmental contamination in establishing assessment values.
  • Likely would require assessors to rely on standard valuation factors (e.g., market conditions, location, property characteristics, improvements) excluding contamination status.
  • The bill may define what constitutes “environmental contamination” for purposes of assessment, and specify any transitional or administrative rules, though exact language is not provided in the summary.

Who would be affected

  • Property owners whose properties have environmental contamination or contamination-related issues. They could see assessment values determinate without reflecting potential contamination impacts.
  • Local assessors and tax assessors responsible for determining and enforcing property valuations. They would adjust procedures to exclude contamination as a factor.
  • Local governments and school districts relying on property tax revenue, as changes to assessed values could influence revenue streams (upward or downward depending on contamination status and market factors).

Procedural and timeline aspects

  • The bill has been introduced and referred to the Real Property Taxation committee as of March 20, 2025.
  • No further committee action, date, or fiscal note is provided in the summary. If advanced, it would proceed through standard committee hearings, potential amendments, and floor consideration.

Related measures

  • Related bills from prior sessions include A 1744, A 2686, A 3466, A 787, A 1688, A 3583, A 3509, A 4517, and A 3469. These may reflect broader or repeated interest in how environmental factors interact with property taxation and assessments.

Potential impact and considerations

  • Stability and predictability: Could create more predictable assessments by removing contamination as a valuation factor.
  • Environmental and equity considerations: Might reduce incentives to remediate or could shift costs and burdens among property owners and local governments; the broader environmental and equity implications would depend on the bill’s final language and implementation.
  • Administrative impact: Requires updates to assessment regulations and procedures to ensure contamination is not used as a valuation criterion.

Note: The exact statutory language and any fiscal implications would appear in the bill文本 if and when released, along with committee analyses.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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