Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 13, 2010 |
referred to real property taxation |
Assembly Bill A11074
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
RAIA
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
2009-A11074 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-A11074 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:A11074 TITLE OF BILL: 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 SUMMARY: This bill will add and an exemption in section 466-j of the real property tax law. The exemption will allow an enrolled member of an incorporated volunteer fire company, fire department or incorporated voluntary ambulance service and their spouse residing in a county of a certain size and not within a city with a population in excess of one million. Provided that the governing body of a city, village, town, school district or county, after a public-hearing, adopts a local law, ordinance or resolution providing therefore. This exemption will essentially exempt these volunteers from paying the fire portion of their property tax calculated to be 10% of their total tax liability. This bill also creates the limits to this exemption the applicant must reside in the city town or village which is served by such incorporated fire company or fire department or ambulance service; the property is the primary residence of the applicant; if any part of it is used for another purpose that shall be taxed and the remaining portion only shall be entitled to the exemption. The applicant has been a member of the service for at least five years unless otherwise
2009-A11074 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 11074 I N A S S E M B L Y May 13, 2010 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. RAIA -- 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 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-j to read as follows: S 466-J. VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS AND VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKERS; EXEMPTION. 1. REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY AN ENROLLED MEMBER OF AN INCORPO- RATED VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY, FIRE DEPARTMENT OR INCORPORATED VOLUNTARY AMBULANCE SERVICE OR SUCH ENROLLED MEMBER AND SPOUSE RESIDING IN A COUN- TY WHICH HAS A POPULATION OF MORE THAN ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND AND LESS THAN ONE MILLION SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND PERSONS, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS AND WHICH IS NOT LOCATED WITHIN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM TAXATION TO THE EXTENT OF TEN PERCENT OF THE ASSESSED VALUE OF SUCH PROPERTY FOR CITY, VILLAGE, TOWN, PART TOWN, SCHOOL DISTRICT, SPECIAL 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 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 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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