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Senate Bill S3974

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Allows municipalities to provide real property tax exemption for disabled police officers, firefighters and ambulance corpsmen & to certain widows

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2009-S3974 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง467-g, RPT L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S3856

2009-S3974 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes municipalities to provide a real property tax exemption and to determine the extent thereof on real property owned by totally disabled paid or auxiliary policemen, paid or volunteer firefighters, and paid or volunteer ambulance corpsmen; provided they reside in community where they were employed or volunteered and are owner-occupants of the property; also authorizes real property tax exemption to widows of paid or auxiliary policemen, paid or volunteer firefighters, and paid or volunteer ambulance corpsmen if such workers were killed in the line of duty and widow is a residing owner-occupant in community where services were rendered.

2009-S3974 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S3974 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3974

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              April 7, 2009
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in  relation  to  granting  a
  real  property  tax exemption to certain police officers, firefighters
  or volunteer ambulance workers who are  totally  disabled  or  to  the
  widows of such persons who are killed in the line of duty

  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 467-g to read as follows:
  S  467-G.  TAX  EXEMPTION FOR WIDOWS OF CERTAIN POLICE OFFICERS, FIRE-
FIGHTERS AND VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKERS.  1.  REAL  PROPERTY  OWNED  BY
TOTALLY  DISABLED  PAID  OR AUXILIARY POLICE OFFICERS, PAID OR VOLUNTEER
FIREFIGHTERS AND PAID OR VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKERS, OR WIDOWS  OF  ANY
SUCH PERSONS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY, AND WHO RESIDE IN THE COMMUNITY
IN WHICH THEY WERE VOLUNTEERS OR SO EMPLOYED, SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM TAXA-
TION  BY  ANY  MUNICIPAL  CORPORATION  IN  WHICH  SUCH  REAL PROPERTY IS
LOCATED, PROVIDED THE GOVERNING BODY OF SAID MUNICIPALITY  AFTER  PUBLIC
HEARING  ADOPTS A LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION PROVIDING THEREFOR.
THE EXTENT OF SUCH EXEMPTION SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE MUNICIPALITY  OR
MUNICIPAL  CORPORATION ADOPTING SUCH LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION.
SAID EXEMPTION SHALL ONLY BE GRANTED IN THE RESIDENCE  OF  THE  DISABLED
PERSON  OR  WIDOW,  AND  SHALL  BE  GRANTED FOR AS LONG AS SAID DISABLED
PERSON OR WIDOW IS BOTH OWNER AND OCCUPANT.
  2. APPLICATION FOR SUCH EXEMPTION MUST BE MADE ANNUALLY BY  THE  DISA-
BLED  PERSON  OR  WIDOW  ON  FORMS  PRESCRIBED  BY THE STATE BOARD TO BE
FURNISHED BY THE APPROPRIATE ASSESSING AUTHORITY AND SHALL  FURNISH  THE
INFORMATION AND BE EXECUTED IN THE MANNER REQUIRED AS PRESCRIBED IN SUCH
FORMS,  AND  SHALL  BE  FILED IN SUCH ASSESSOR'S OFFICE ON OR BEFORE THE
APPROPRIATE TAXABLE STATUS DATE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  all
taxable status dates after January 1, 2011.

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

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