Senate Bill S949

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to notice and filing of application for a real property tax exemption for senior citizens

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  • 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-S949 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Real Property Taxation
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง467, RPT L

2009-S949 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides additional notice of the real property tax exemption for senior citizens under section 467 of the real property tax law and requires municipal corporations to permit late filings within 60 days of the statutory deadline from persons previously granted such exemption.

2009-S949 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S949 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   949

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 22, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. C. JOHNSON, DIAZ, ONORATO -- read twice and ordered
  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging

AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to  a  notice  of
  exemption for senior citizens

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 467 of the real property tax  law,
as  amended  by  chapter  406 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as
follows:
  4. Every municipal corporation in which such real property is  located
shall  notify,  or  cause to be notified, each person owning residential
real property in such municipal corporation of the  provisions  of  this
section.    The provisions of this subdivision may be met by a notice or
legend sent on or with each tax bill to such persons reading "You may be
eligible for senior citizen tax exemptions. Senior citizens  have  until
month..........,  day.......,  year......, to apply for such exemptions.
For information please call or write....," followed by the  name,  tele-
phone  number  and/or  address of a person or department selected by the
municipal corporation to explain the provisions of  this  section.  Each
cooperative  apartment  corporation shall notify each tenant-stockholder
thereof in residence of such provisions as set forth herein.  Failure to
notify, or cause to be notified any person who is in fact,  eligible  to
receive  the  exemption  provided by this section or the failure of such
person to receive the same shall not prevent the  levy,  collection  and
enforcement  of  the  payment  of  the  taxes  on property owned by such
person. A SECOND COPY OF THE NOTICE REQUIRED BY THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL
BE SENT THIRTY DAYS PRIOR TO THE FILING DEADLINE.
  S  2.  Section 467 of the real property tax law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 5-d to read as follows:
  5-D. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SECTION  OR  ANY  OTHER
PROVISION  OF  LAW, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION SHALL AUTHORIZE ITS ASSESSOR

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05830-01-9
              

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