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Assembly Bill A5277A

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Increases the amount combat veterans shall be exempt from real property taxation to thirty-five percent

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2011-A5277 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5290
Current Committee:
Assembly Veterans
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §458-a, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A8367, S3005
2013-2014: A3878, S2473
2015-2016: A2945, S3836
2017-2018: A6674, S3540
2019-2020: S393
2021-2022: S4302
2023-2024: S6236
2025-2026: S7250

2011-A5277 - Summary

Increases the amount combat veterans shall be exempt from real property taxation to thirty-five percent.

2011-A5277 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5277

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 15, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Veterans' Affairs

AN  ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to real property
  tax exemptions for combat veterans

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 458-a of the real
property  tax  law,  as  amended  by chapter 473 of the laws of 2004, is
amended to read as follows:
  (b) In addition to the exemption provided by  paragraph  (a)  of  this
subdivision, where the veteran served in a combat theatre or combat zone
of  operations,  as  documented by the award of a United States campaign
ribbon or service medal, or the armed forces expeditionary  medal,  navy
expeditionary  medal, marine corps expeditionary medal, or global war on
terrorism expeditionary medal, qualifying residential real property also
shall be exempt from taxation to the extent of [ten] THIRTY-FIVE percent
of the assessed value of such property;  provided,  however,  that  such
exemption shall not exceed [eight] FORTY thousand dollars or the product
of  [eight] FORTY thousand dollars multiplied by the latest state equal-
ization rate for the assessing unit, or in the case of a special assess-
ing unit, the class ratio, whichever is less.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to assess-
ment rolls prepared on or after January 1, 2011.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04954-01-1

multi-Sponsors

2011-A5277A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5290
Current Committee:
Assembly Veterans
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §458-a, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A8367, S3005
2013-2014: A3878, S2473
2015-2016: A2945, S3836
2017-2018: A6674, S3540
2019-2020: S393
2021-2022: S4302
2023-2024: S6236
2025-2026: S7250

2011-A5277A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the amount combat veterans shall be exempt from real property taxation to thirty-five percent.

2011-A5277A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 5277--A

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 15, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. TITONE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. D. MILL-
  ER  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs --
  recommitted to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs in  accordance  with
  Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to real property
  tax exemptions for combat veterans

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 458-a of the real
property  tax  law,  as  amended  by chapter 473 of the laws of 2004, is
amended to read as follows:
  (b) In addition to the exemption provided by  paragraph  (a)  of  this
subdivision, where the veteran served in a combat theatre or combat zone
of  operations,  as  documented by the award of a United States campaign
ribbon or service medal, or the armed forces expeditionary  medal,  navy
expeditionary  medal, marine corps expeditionary medal, or global war on
terrorism expeditionary medal, qualifying residential real property also
shall be exempt from taxation to the extent of [ten] THIRTY-FIVE percent
of the assessed value of such property;  provided,  however,  that  such
exemption shall not exceed [eight] FORTY thousand dollars or the product
of  [eight] FORTY thousand dollars multiplied by the latest state equal-
ization rate for the assessing unit, or in the case of a special assess-
ing unit, the class ratio, whichever is less.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to assess-
ment rolls prepared on or after January 1, 2012.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04954-03-1

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