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                                  6696

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 5, 2016
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Introduced  by  Sen.  SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

AN ACT to authorize Salt and Sea Mission Church, Inc. to file an  appli-
  cation  for  exemption  from real property taxes and an exemption from
  water and sewer charges for certain assessment rolls

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

  Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
the  commissioner  of  the New York city department of finance is hereby
authorized to accept from Salt and Sea Mission Church, Inc., a  not-for-
profit  corporation,  an  application  for  exemption from real property
taxes pursuant to section 420-a of the real property  tax  law  for  the
2013  through 2016 assessment rolls, for the parcel owned by such corpo-
ration in the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, designated as block
7185, lot 72 in such borough. If  accepted,  the  application  shall  be
reviewed as if it had been received on or before the taxable status date
established for such assessment rolls.
  If satisfied that such corporation would otherwise be entitled to such
exemption  if such corporation had filed an application for exemption by
the appropriate taxable status date, the commissioner of  the  New  York
city  department  of  finance,  upon approval by the city council of the
city of New York, may grant exemption from all taxation with respect  to
the subject tax rolls due and owing by such corporation on the effective
date of this act and cancel taxes, fines, penalties and interest remain-
ing  unpaid,  and  make appropriate correction of the subject assessment
rolls.
  S 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the  contrary,  the
commissioner of the New York city department of environmental protection
is hereby authorized to accept from Salt and Sea Mission Church, Inc., a
not-for-profit  corporation, an application for exemption from water and
sewer charges pursuant to section 420-a of the real property tax law for
the 2013 through 2016 assessment rolls, for the  parcel  owned  by  such
corporation  in the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, designated as
block 7185, lot 72 in such borough. If accepted, the  application  shall

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

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be  reviewed  as if it had been received on or before the taxable status
date established for such assessment rolls.
  If satisfied that such corporation would otherwise be entitled to such
exemption  if such corporation had filed an application for exemption by
the appropriate taxable status date, the commissioner of  the  New  York
city  department  of environmental protection, upon approval by the city
council of the city of New York, may grant exemption from all water  and
sewer  charges  with  respect  to the subject tax rolls due and owing by
such corporation on the effective date of this act and  cancel  charges,
fines,  penalties  and  interest  remaining unpaid, and make appropriate
correction of the subject assessment rolls.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.