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Senate Bill S4451

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Amends measure of income farmers use to qualify for the STAR program

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2009-S4451 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8030
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง425, RPT L

2009-S4451 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Amends measure of income farmers use to qualify for the STAR program.

2009-S4451 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4451 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4451

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 23, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by Sen. AUBERTINE -- 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 school tax
  relief (STAR) exemption

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

  Section  1.  Subparagraph  (ii)  of  paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of
section 425 of the real property tax law, as amended  by  section  3  of
part E of chapter 83 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
  (ii)  The  term "income" as used herein shall mean the "adjusted gross
income" for federal income tax purposes as reported on  the  applicant's
federal  or  state income tax return for the applicable income tax year,
subject to any subsequent amendments or revisions, reduced  by  distrib-
utions,  to  the  extent  included  in  federal  adjusted  gross income,
received from an individual retirement account and an individual retire-
ment annuity; provided that if no such return was filed for the applica-
ble income tax year, "income" shall mean the adjusted gross income  that
would  have  been so reported if such a return had been filed.  FOR FARM
FAMILIES EARNING AT LEAST FIFTY PERCENT OF THEIR INCOME FROM FARMING THE
TERM "INCOME" SHALL MEAN THE "MODIFIED ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME" FOR FEDER-
AL INCOME TAX PURPOSES AS REPORTED IN THE APPLICANT'S FEDERAL  OR  STATE
INCOME TAX RETURN FOR THE APPLICABLE INCOME TAX YEAR.
  S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law and shall apply to  all
tax years thereafter.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08982-01-9

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