ORS 311.667
Sunset of homestead deferral program
(2)
The Department of Revenue shall provide notice to all individuals with inactive deferral accounts of the following:(a)
The provisions of this section;(b)
That the individuals may be eligible to claim deferral under ORS 311.666 (Definitions for ORS 311.666 to 311.701) to 311.701 (Senior Property Tax Deferral Revolving Account) for their homesteads for property tax years beginning on or after July 1, 2014; and(c)
That reactivating the homestead for deferral pursuant to this section requires the individuals to file a claim for deferral in the manner prescribed in ORS 311.672 (Claim form).(3)
The department shall create and maintain a list of homesteads determined to be eligible under this section for reactivation for deferral under ORS 311.666 (Definitions for ORS 311.666 to 311.701) to 311.701 (Senior Property Tax Deferral Revolving Account). Homesteads shall appear on the list in the order in which the individuals who own the homesteads file a claim for deferral in the manner prescribed in ORS 311.672 (Claim form) on or after October 7, 2013.(4)
A determination of eligibility under this section has the effect of reactivating the homestead for deferral under ORS 311.666 (Definitions for ORS 311.666 to 311.701) to 311.701 (Senior Property Tax Deferral Revolving Account) beginning with the first property tax year that begins after the date on which the determination of eligibility is made and continuing for all subsequent property tax years for which the homestead and the individuals who own the homestead remain eligible for the deferral.(5)
Intentionally left blank —Ed.(a)
Notwithstanding subsection (4) of this section, for the property tax year beginning on July 1, 2014, the maximum number of homesteads appearing on the list created pursuant to subsection (3) of this section that may be reactivated for deferral under this section is 700.(b)
For the property tax year that begins on July 1, 2015, the cumulative maximum number of homesteads appearing on the list that may be reactivated for deferral shall increase by five percent of the maximum number allowable for the property tax year beginning on July 1, 2014, for a cumulative maximum total of 735.(c)
For each property tax year beginning on or after July 1, 2016, the cumulative maximum number of homesteads appearing on the list that may be reactivated for deferral shall increase by five percent of the maximum number allowable for the immediately preceding property tax year, in the manner prescribed in paragraph (b) of this subsection.(6)
ORS 311.670 (Eligibility of property) (6)(a) applies to a homestead reactivated for deferral under this section if, as of April 15 of the year in which a claim for deferral is filed, the taxpayers have continuously owned and lived in the homestead less than seven years. [2013 c.494 §1; 2015 c.309 §10]
Source:
Section 311.667 — Sunset of homestead deferral program, https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors311.html.
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