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Assembly Bill A2044

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Removes provisions relating to income and duration of the STAR exemption for eligible senior citizens; repealer

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2009-A2044 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Real Property Taxation
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §425, rpld sub 4 ¶(b), RPT L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A2865

2009-A2044 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Removes provisions relating to income eligibility threshold and duration of the STAR exemption for eligible senior citizens.

2009-A2044 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2044

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 15, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CALHOUN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ALFANO,
  BARRA,  TOWNSEND  --  read  once and referred to the Committee on Real
  Property Taxation

AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to  the  duration
  of  the  exemption  and  income  level of eligible senior citizens for
  purposes of the school tax  relief  (STAR)  exemption  and  to  repeal
  certain  provisions of such law relating to the income level of senior
  citizens eligible for such exemption

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 425 of the real
property tax law is REPEALED.
  S 2. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 13  of  section
425  of  the  real  property tax law, as added by section 1 of part B of
chapter 389 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  (ii) in the case of an application  for  the  enhanced  exemption  for
property owned by senior citizens, the applicant or applicants misrepre-
sented  their  age  [or  income]  so  as  to  appear  eligible  for such
exemption, when they were not.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02393-01-9

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