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Senate Bill S4413

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes extension by local law of an exemption to un-remarried spouses of deceased five year members of volunteer fire companies or ambulance services; repealer

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2009-S4413 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §466-h, add §466-j, RPT L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S4060

2009-S4413 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the extension by local law of a volunteer firefighter/volunteer ambulance worker property exemption to unremarried spouses of deceased 5 year members of volunteer fire companies or ambulance services.

2009-S4413 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4413 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4413

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 23, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  O. JOHNSON  -- 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  a  tax
  exemption  for  un-remarried  spouses of deceased members of volunteer
  fire companies or volunteer ambulance services; and to repeal  section
  466-h of such law relating thereto

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

  Section 1. Section 466-h of the real property tax  law,  as  added  by
chapter  305 of the laws of 2006, is REPEALED and a new section 466-j is
added to read as follows:
  S 466-J. UN-REMARRIED SPOUSES OF DECEASED  VOLUNTEER  FIREFIGHTERS  OR
VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKERS. ANY LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE ADOPTED PURSUANT
TO  SECTIONS  FOUR  HUNDRED  SIXTY-SIX,  FOUR  HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX-A, FOUR
HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX-B, FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX-C, FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX-D,
FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX-E, FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX-F, FOUR HUNDRED  SIXTY-
SIX-G,  FOUR  HUNDRED  SIXTY-SIX-H  OR  FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX-I OF THIS
TITLE MAY BE SEPARATELY AMENDED, OR A LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION
MAY BE SEPARATELY ADOPTED TO CONTINUE AN EXEMPTION, REINSTATE A  PRE-EX-
ISTING  EXEMPTION  OR  ALLOW  AN  EXEMPTION  TO  BE  GRANTED EVEN IF THE
DECEASED VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER HAD  NOT  BEEN  RECEIVING  THE  EXEMPTION
PRIOR  TO  HIS  OR  HER  DEATH  TO  AN UN-REMARRIED SPOUSE OF A DECEASED
ENROLLED MEMBER OF AN INCORPORATED VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY, FIRE  DEPART-
MENT,  OR  INCORPORATED  VOLUNTARY AMBULANCE SERVICE; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
THAT:
  1. SUCH UN-REMARRIED SPOUSE  IS  CERTIFIED  BY  THE  AUTHORITY  HAVING
JURISDICTION  FOR  THE INCORPORATED VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY, FIRE DEPART-
MENT OR INCORPORATED VOLUNTARY  AMBULANCE  SERVICE  AS  AN  UN-REMARRIED
SPOUSE OF A DECEASED ENROLLED MEMBER OF SUCH INCORPORATED VOLUNTEER FIRE
COMPANY,  FIRE  DEPARTMENT  OR INCORPORATED VOLUNTARY AMBULANCE SERVICE,
AND

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02801-01-9

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