Senate Bill S1525

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides authorization to grant certain exemptions from real property tax for school districts to certain veterans

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S1525 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5371
Current Committee:
Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §458-a, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S1645, A35
2013-2014: S1199, A565

2009-S1525 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides authorization to grant certain exemptions from real property tax for school districts to eligible veterans where such exemption is adopted by the governing body of the school district.

2009-S1525 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1525 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1525

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 2, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. MORAHAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
  ty and Military Affairs

AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in  relation  to  authorizing
  certain exemptions from school district real property for veterans

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1.  Subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of paragraph (d) of subdivision
2 of section 458-a of the real property tax  law,  subparagraph  (i)  as
added  by  chapter  525  of  the  laws  of 1984 and subparagraph (ii) as
amended by chapter 256 of the laws of  2005,  are  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  (i)  The exemption from taxation provided by this subdivision shall be
applicable to county, city, town  [and],  village  AND  SCHOOL  DISTRICT
taxation[,  but  shall  not  be  applicable  to  taxes levied for school
purposes] IF THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  IN  WHICH  THE
PROPERTY  IS LOCATED, AFTER PUBLIC HEARINGS, ADOPTS A RESOLUTION PROVID-
ING SUCH EXEMPTION, THE PROCEDURE FOR SUCH HEARING AND RESOLUTION  SHALL
BE CONDUCTED SEPARATELY FROM THE PROCEDURE FOR ANY HEARING AND LOCAL LAW
OR RESOLUTION CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH,
SUBDIVISION  FOUR, PARAGRAPH (D) OF SUBDIVISION SIX AND PARAGRAPH (B) OF
SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF THIS SECTION.
  (ii) Each county, city, town [or],  village  OR  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  may
adopt  a  local  law  to reduce the maximum exemption allowable in para-
graphs (a), (b) and (c) of this subdivision to  nine  thousand  dollars,
six  thousand  dollars and thirty thousand dollars, respectively, or six
thousand dollars, four thousand dollars  and  twenty  thousand  dollars,
respectively.  Each  county, city, town, [or] village OR SCHOOL DISTRICT
is also authorized  to  adopt  a  local  law  to  increase  the  maximum
exemption  allowable  in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this subdivision
to fifteen thousand dollars, ten thousand  dollars  and  fifty  thousand

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06963-01-9
              

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