A claim for an initial year of deferral, or for continued deferral, under ORS § 311.666 to 311.701 may not be filed on or after December 2, 2032, and deferral may not be granted for a property tax year beginning after July 1, 2032. [2021 c.535 § 11]

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Section 1, chapter 494, Oregon Laws 2013, provides:

(1) Notwithstanding section 24 (1), chapter 723, Oregon Laws 2011, the amendments to ORS § 311.670 by section 3, chapter 723, Oregon Laws 2011, relating to the five-year minimum requirement and the amendments to ORS § 311.700 by section 16, chapter 723, Oregon Laws 2011, relating to reverse mortgages do not apply to a homestead that had been granted deferral under ORS § 311.666 to 311.701 for any property tax years beginning before July 1, 2011.

(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 to 311.701 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.

(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 to 311.701. 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 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 to 311.701 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)(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 (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]