S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5348
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 16, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means
AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to the exemption of conveyances
of real property to any tax exempt corporation incorporated pursuant
to the not-for-profit corporation law or the private housing finance
law from the tax on real estate transfers in towns in the Peconic Bay
region, where such conveyance is for the purposes of providing afford-
able housing opportunities within the towns and such corporation is
incorporated for the purposes of providing housing opportunities
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (m) of subdivision 2 of section 1449-ee of the
tax law, as added by chapter 349 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read
as follows:
(m) Conveyances of real property to any tax exempt corporation, incor-
porated pursuant to the not-for-profit corporation law or the private
housing finance law, where such conveyance is for the purposes of
providing affordable housing opportunities within the towns and such
corporation is incorporated for the purposes of providing housing oppor-
tunities. For the purposes of this paragraph, "affordable housing" shall
mean housing opportunities exclusively for [town residents of the towns]
ELIGIBLE PERSONS AS DETERMINED BY THE TOWN PURSUANT TO LOCAL LAW whose
income is at or below the median income for the town.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, that the amend-
ments to section 1449-ee of the tax law made by section one of this act
shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed
therewith.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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