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Jan 08, 2014 |
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Jan 17, 2013 |
referred to investigations and government operations |
Senate Bill S2456
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP, RFM) 24th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2013-S2456 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A907
- Current Committee:
- Senate Investigations And Government Operations
- Law Section:
- Tax Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add ยง268, Tax L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
A7062
2011-2012: S4370, A2005
2015-2016: S3851, A2989
2017-2018: A5520
2019-2020: A4219
2021-2022: A8913
2023-2024: A2375
2013-S2456 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2456 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the tax law, in relation to an exemption from municipal mortgage tax for first time home buyers PURPOSE: To assist first time home buyers in purchasing a home by exempting them from the burden for the state mortgage recording tax imposed upon home purchases. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: The bill would add a new section 268 to the Tax Law to exempt first time home buyers from the state mortgage recording tax, where the residential property being mortgaged is the mortgagor's principal place of residence. EXISTING LAW: Article 11 of the Tax Law, "Tax on Mortgages", includes a state mortgage recording tax as well as several additional recording taxes imposed by political subdivisions within the state. JUSTIFICATION: One way of increasing access to first-time home ownership for families in New York State is to remove the added expense of state mortgage
2013-S2456 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2456 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 17, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to an exemption from municipal mortgage tax for first time home buyers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The tax law is amended by adding a new section 268 to read as follows: S 268. EXEMPTION FOR FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS FROM MUNICIPAL MORTGAGE TAX. 1. EVERY MUNICIPALITY WHICH HAS ENACTED A LOCAL MORTGAGE TAX OR RECORDING TAX PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL GRANT AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH TAX WHERE THE MORTGAGOR IS A FIRST TIME HOME BUYER AND THE RESIDENCE BEING MORTGAGED IS INTENDED TO BE SAID MORTGAGOR'S PRINCIPAL PLACE OF RESIDENCE. 2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE NECESSARY AND ADVISABLE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO ESTABLISH GROUNDS FOR QUALIFICATION, PROOF AND PROCEDURE NECESSARY FOR A MORTGAGOR TO OBTAIN SUCH AN EXEMPTION. S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- ing the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediate- ly, the commissioner of taxation and finance shall promulgate necessary and advisable rules and regulations for the implementation of this act. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02916-01-3
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