Assembly Bill A8892A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides a tax exemption on real property owned by members of volunteer fire companies or voluntary ambulance services in a certain county

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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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2021-A8892 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Real Property Taxation
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Add §466-l, amd §466-a, RPT L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A4666

2021-A8892 - Summary

Provides a tax exemption on real property owned by members of volunteer fire companies or voluntary ambulance services in counties with a population of more than 338,000 but less than 339,000.

2021-A8892 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8892
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 19, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LAWLER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Real Property Taxation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the real property tax law, in relation to providing a
   tax exemption on real property owned  by  members  of  volunteer  fire
   companies in a certain county
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The real property tax  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 466-l to read as follows:
   §  466-L.  VOLUNTEER  FIREFIGHTERS; CERTAIN COUNTY.   1. REAL PROPERTY
 OWNED BY AN ENROLLED MEMBER OF AN INCORPORATED VOLUNTEER  FIRE  COMPANY,
 FIRE DEPARTMENT OR SUCH ENROLLED MEMBER AND SPOUSE RESIDING IN ANY COUN-
 TY  HAVING  A  POPULATION OF MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED THIRTY THOUSAND BUT
 NOT MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND INHABITANTS,  DETERMINED
 IN  ACCORDANCE WITH THE LATEST DECENNIAL FEDERAL CENSUS, SHALL BE EXEMPT
 FROM TAXATION TO THE EXTENT OF TEN PERCENT OF THE ASSESSED VALUE OF SUCH
 PROPERTY FOR CITY, VILLAGE, TOWN, PART TOWN,  SPECIAL  DISTRICT,  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT  OR COUNTY PURPOSES, EXCLUSIVE OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS, PROVIDED
 THAT THE GOVERNING BODY OF A CITY, VILLAGE,  TOWN,  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  OR
 COUNTY,  AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING, ADOPTS A LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE OR RESOL-
 UTION PROVIDING THEREFOR; PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH EXEMPTION
 SHALL IN NO EVENT EXCEED THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS MULTIPLIED BY THE LATEST
 STATE EQUALIZATION RATE FOR THE ASSESSING UNIT IN WHICH SUCH REAL  PROP-
 ERTY IS LOCATED.
   2.  SUCH  EXEMPTION  SHALL  NOT BE GRANTED TO AN ENROLLED MEMBER OF AN
 INCORPORATED VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY OR FIRE DEPARTMENT UNLESS:
   (A) THE APPLICANT RESIDES IN SUCH COUNTY; PROVIDED THAT  AN  APPLICANT
 NEED  NOT  RESIDE IN THE CITY, TOWN, SCHOOL DISTRICT OR VILLAGE WHICH IS
 SERVED BY SUCH INCORPORATED VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY OR FIRE DEPARTMENT;
   (B) THE PROPERTY IS THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE OF THE APPLICANT;
   (C)  THE  PROPERTY  IS  USED  EXCLUSIVELY  FOR  RESIDENTIAL  PURPOSES;
 PROVIDED  HOWEVER, THAT IN THE EVENT ANY PORTION OF SUCH PROPERTY IS NOT
 USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE APPLICANT'S RESIDENCE BUT  IS  USED  FOR  OTHER
 PURPOSES,  SUCH  PORTION  SHALL BE SUBJECT TO TAXATION AND THE REMAINING
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2021-A8892A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Real Property Taxation
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Add §466-l, amd §466-a, RPT L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A4666

2021-A8892A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides a tax exemption on real property owned by members of volunteer fire companies or voluntary ambulance services in counties with a population of more than 338,000 but less than 339,000.

2021-A8892A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8892--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 19, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LAWLER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Real  Property  Taxation  --  committee  discharged, bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation  to  providing  a
   tax  exemption  on  real  property  owned by members of volunteer fire
   companies or voluntary ambulance services in a certain county
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  real  property  tax  law  is amended by adding a new
 section 466-l to read as follows:
   § 466-L.  VOLUNTEER  FIREFIGHTERS  AND  VOLUNTEER  AMBULANCE  WORKERS;
 CERTAIN  COUNTY.  1.  REAL  PROPERTY  OWNED  BY AN ENROLLED MEMBER OF AN
 INCORPORATED VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY,  FIRE  DEPARTMENT  OR  INCORPORATED
 VOLUNTARY  AMBULANCE SERVICE OR SUCH ENROLLED MEMBER AND SPOUSE RESIDING
 IN ANY COUNTY HAVING A POPULATION OF MORE  THAN  THREE  HUNDRED  THIRTY-
 EIGHT THOUSAND AND LESS THAN THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE THOUSAND INHABIT-
 ANTS,  BASED  UPON  AND RECORDED BY THE LATEST FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS,
 SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM TAXATION TO  THE  EXTENT  OF  TEN  PERCENT  OF  THE
 ASSESSED  VALUE  OF  SUCH  PROPERTY  FOR CITY, VILLAGE, TOWN, PART TOWN,
 SPECIAL DISTRICT, SCHOOL DISTRICT, FIRE  DISTRICT  OR  COUNTY  PURPOSES,
 EXCLUSIVE  OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS, PROVIDED THAT THE GOVERNING BODY OF A
 CITY, VILLAGE, TOWN, SCHOOL DISTRICT, FIRE DISTRICT OR COUNTY,  AFTER  A
 PUBLIC  HEARING,  ADOPTS  A LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION PROVIDING
 THEREFOR.
   2. SUCH EXEMPTION SHALL NOT BE GRANTED TO AN  ENROLLED  MEMBER  OF  AN
 INCORPORATED  VOLUNTEER  FIRE  COMPANY,  FIRE DEPARTMENT OR INCORPORATED
 VOLUNTARY AMBULANCE SERVICE RESIDING IN SUCH COUNTY UNLESS:
   (A) THE APPLICANT RESIDES IN THE CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE WHICH IS SERVED
 BY SUCH INCORPORATED VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY OR FIRE DEPARTMENT OR INCOR-
 PORATED VOLUNTARY AMBULANCE SERVICE;
   (B) THE PROPERTY IS THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE OF THE APPLICANT;
   (C)  THE  PROPERTY  IS  USED  EXCLUSIVELY  FOR  RESIDENTIAL  PURPOSES;
 PROVIDED  HOWEVER, THAT IN THE EVENT ANY PORTION OF SUCH PROPERTY IS NOT
 USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE APPLICANT'S RESIDENCE BUT  IS  USED  FOR  OTHER
 PURPOSES,  SUCH  PORTION  SHALL BE SUBJECT TO TAXATION AND THE REMAINING
 PORTION ONLY SHALL  BE  ENTITLED  TO  THE  EXEMPTION  PROVIDED  BY  THIS
 SECTION; AND
              

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