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Senate Bill S1243

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Allows certain tax exemptions within the central Buffalo housing district

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2009-S1243 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
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2009-S1243 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows certain tax exemptions within the central Buffalo housing district; allows any property sold to an owner-occupant contractor, subcontractor or repairperson for use in erecting a building or improving existing property within the central Buffalo housing district to be exempt from sales tax.

2009-S1243 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1243 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1243

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 28, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. THOMPSON, ONORATO -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Tele-
  communications

AN ACT to amend the  tax  law,  in  relation  to  allowing  certain  tax
  exemptions within the central Buffalo housing district

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

  Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 1115 of the tax law  is  amended
by adding a new paragraph 15-a to read as follows:
  (15-A) ANY REAL PROPERTY OR PROPERTY SOLD TO A CONTRACTOR, SUBCONTRAC-
TOR  OR  REPAIRPERSON  FOR  USE  IN (I) ERECTING A STRUCTURE OR BUILDING
WITHIN THE CENTRAL BUFFALO HOUSING DISTRICT, AS DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION
SEVEN OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE-P OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW,
AS ADDED BY A CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND NINE, ENTITLED "AN ACT
TO AMEND THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW, IN RELATION TO CREATING THE  CENTRAL
BUFFALO  HOUSING DISTRICT AND ALLOWING CERTAIN TAX EXEMPTIONS AND ABATE-
MENTS WITHIN SUCH DISTRICT", IN WHICH SUCH CONTRACTOR, SUBCONTRACTOR  OR
REPAIRPERSON  SHALL  OCCUPY  OR  (II)  ADDING  TO, ALTERING OR IMPROVING
EXISTING REAL PROPERTY OR PROPERTY, WITHIN THE CENTRAL  BUFFALO  HOUSING
DISTRICT, AS THE TERM REAL PROPERTY AND PROPERTY ARE DEFINED IN THE REAL
PROPERTY  TAX LAW, IN WHICH SUCH CONTRACTOR, SUBCONTRACTOR OR REPAIRPER-
SON SHALL OCCUPY; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, NO EXEMPTION SHALL EXIST UNDER THIS
PARAGRAPH UNLESS SUCH ERECTION, ADDITION, ALTERATION OR  IMPROVEMENT  TO
SUCH  REAL PROPERTY OR PROPERTY CONSTITUTES A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT TO
SUCH REAL PROPERTY OR PROPERTY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the same date as a chapter  of  the
laws  of  2009  entitled  "AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in
relation to creating the central Buffalo housing district  and  allowing
certain  tax  exemptions  and  abatements  within  such  district" takes
effect, and shall apply to tax years and taxable status dates  beginning
on  or  after  January  1, 2010; provided, however, that effective imme-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05224-02-9

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