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Senate Bill S7444

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to increasing the combined household income limit for eligibility for a senior citizen rent increase exemption (SCRIE)

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2011-S7444 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Aging
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §467-b, RPT L

2011-S7444 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to increasing the combined household income limit for eligibility for a senior citizen rent increase exemption (SCRIE) where the head of household has a resident spouse.

2011-S7444 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S7444 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7444

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 17, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging

AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to increasing the
  allowable maximum income of persons occupying rental  units  otherwise
  eligible  for  tax abatement in certain cases, increasing the combined
  household income limit for  eligibility  for  a  senior  citizen  rent
  increase exemption (SCRIE)

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

  Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 467-b of  the  real
property  tax  law, as separately amended by chapters 188 and 205 of the
laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  a. [for a dwelling unit where the head of the household  is  a  person
sixty-two  years  of  age or older, no tax abatement shall be granted if
the combined income of all members of the household for the  income  tax
year  immediately  preceding the date of making application exceeds four
thousand dollars, or such other sum not more than  twenty-five  thousand
dollars  beginning  July  first,  two thousand five, twenty-six thousand
dollars beginning July first, two thousand  six,  twenty-seven  thousand
dollars  beginning July first, two thousand seven, twenty-eight thousand
dollars beginning July first, two thousand eight, and twenty-nine  thou-
sand dollars beginning July first, two thousand nine, as may be provided
by  the  local  law,  ordinance  or  resolution adopted pursuant to this
section, provided that when the head of the household retires before the
commencement of such income tax year and the date of filing the applica-
tion, the income for such year may be adjusted by  excluding  salary  or
earnings  and  projecting  his  or her retirement income over the entire
period of such year] (I) FOR A DWELLING  UNIT  WHERE  THE  HEAD  OF  THE
HOUSEHOLD  IS A PERSON SIXTY-TWO YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, WITH NO RESIDING
SPOUSE, NO TAX ABATEMENT SHALL BE GRANTED IF THE COMBINED INCOME OF  ALL
MEMBERS  OF  THE HOUSEHOLD FOR THE INCOME TAX YEAR IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING
THE DATE OF MAKING APPLICATION EXCEEDS FOUR THOUSAND  DOLLARS,  OR  SUCH
OTHER  SUM NOT MORE THAN THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, PROVIDED THAT WHEN THE
HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD RETIRES BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF SUCH INCOME TAX

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

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