Senate Bill S1754A

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to notice and filing of application for a real property tax exemption for senior citizens

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Mar 12, 2012	committee discharged and committed to rules
Feb 21, 2012	notice of committee consideration - requested
Jan 05, 2012	print number 1754a
Jan 05, 2012	amend and recommit to housing, construction and community development
Jan 04, 2012	referred to housing, construction and community development
Mar 31, 2011	committee discharged and committed to housing, construction and community development
Feb 28, 2011	notice of committee consideration - requested
Jan 12, 2011	referred to aging

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2011-S1754 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A541
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §467, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: A5640
2013-2014: S149, A451
2015-2016: S471, A407
2017-2018: S4974, A2408
2019-2020: A3435
2021-2022: A1980

2011-S1754 - Summary

Provides additional notice of the real property tax exemption for senior citizens under section 467 of the real property tax law and requires municipal corporations to permit late filings within 60 days of the statutory deadline from persons previously granted such exemption.

2011-S1754 - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S1754

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the real property tax law, in relation to a notice of exemption
for senior citizens

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill would require municipalities where real property tax
exemptions may exist to notify eligible senior citizens of the tax
exemptions they may be eligible to receive.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Amends the Real Property Tax Law, Section 467, Subdivision
4. Requires a second copy of the exemption notice to be sent thirty
days before the filing deadline.

Section 2. Amends the Real Property Tax Law, Section 467, Subdivision
5b. Allows a municipality to accept applications for exemption later
than such municipality's statutory deadline.

Section 3. Effective Date

EXISTING LAW:
Title 2 - Private Housing; Section 467, Persons sixty-five years of
age and over; Subdivision 4, requires only one notice and Subdivision

5b pertains to a county with population of one million or more.

JUSTIFICATION:
New York State offers a wide variety of programs in an effort to keep
senior citizens in their homes and out of institutional care. In an
effort to boost utilization of these programs, this bill would
require municipalities to send a second notice, in addition to the
notice already mandated that is sent with, or on, senior citizens tax
bill.
The second notification will be sent thirty days prior to the filing
dead- line for the tax exemptions.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2011- Senate-New Bill/A.541 Referred to Aging
2009-2010- A.5640-A         Referred to Ways and Means
2007-2008- A.9940           Referred to Social Services

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately, provided that section two of
this act shall apply to the 2011-2012 tax assessment rolls if an
application for exemption is filed within 60 days of such effective
date.

2011-S1754 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  1754

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 12, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  DIAZ  --  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  a  notice  of
  exemption for senior citizens

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 467 of the real property tax  law,
as  amended  by  chapter  406 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as
follows:
  4. Every municipal corporation in which such real property is  located
shall  notify,  or  cause to be notified, each person owning residential
real property in such municipal corporation of the  provisions  of  this
section.    The provisions of this subdivision may be met by a notice or
legend sent on or with each tax bill to such persons reading "You may be
eligible for senior citizen tax exemptions. Senior citizens  have  until
month..........,  day.......,  year......, to apply for such exemptions.
For information please call or write....," followed by the  name,  tele-
phone  number  and/or  address of a person or department selected by the
municipal corporation to explain the provisions of  this  section.  Each
cooperative  apartment  corporation shall notify each tenant-stockholder
thereof in residence of such provisions as set forth herein.  Failure to
notify, or cause to be notified any person who is in fact,  eligible  to
receive  the  exemption  provided by this section or the failure of such
person to receive the same shall not prevent the  levy,  collection  and
enforcement  of  the  payment  of  the  taxes  on property owned by such
person. A SECOND COPY OF THE NOTICE REQUIRED BY THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL
BE SENT THIRTY DAYS PRIOR TO THE FILING DEADLINE.
  S  2.  Subdivision 5-b of section 467 of the real property tax law, as
added by chapter 571 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
  5-b. Notwithstanding the provisions  of  this  section  or  any  other
provision  of law, a [county with an annual taxable status date of Janu-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04460-01-1

S. 1754                             2

ary first or January second and with a  population  of  one  million  or
more,] MUNICIPALITY may, at its option and by amendment or adoption of a
local  law  or  ordinance, authorize its assessor to accept applications
for  the  exemption from real property taxes authorized pursuant to this
section on a date later than such  [county's]  MUNICIPALITY'S  statutory
deadline  date for receiving applications for such exemption. Any appli-
cation filed later than such statutory deadline date which is in compli-
ance with such local law or ordinance amended  or  adopted  pursuant  to
this  subdivision  and  which meets all other necessary requirements for
granting the exemption authorized by this section  shall  be  deemed  to
have  been  timely  filed prior to such statutory deadline date, and any
individual or individuals for whom such an application  has  been  filed
shall  be granted such exemption and shall receive such exemption on the
assessment [roles] ROLLS prepared for such [county] MUNICIPALITY on  the
basis  of  the  taxable  status date immediately preceding the date such
application was filed.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that section two
of this act shall apply to the 2011-2012  tax  assessment  rolls  if  an
application  for  exemption  is  filed  within 60 days of such effective
date.

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2011-S1754A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A541
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §467, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: A5640
2013-2014: S149, A451
2015-2016: S471, A407
2017-2018: S4974, A2408
2019-2020: A3435
2021-2022: A1980

2011-S1754A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2011-S1754A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S1754A

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the real property tax law, in relation to a notice of exemption
for senior citizens

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill would require municipalities where real property tax
exemptions may exist to notify eligible senior citizens of the tax
exemptions they may be eligible to receive.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Amends the Real Property Tax Law, Section 467, Subdivision
4. Requires a second copy of the exemption notice to be sent thirty
days before the filing deadline.

Section 2. Amends the Real Property Tax Law, Section 467, Subdivision
5b. Allows a municipality to accept applications for exemption later
than such municipality's statutory deadline.

Section 3. Effective Date

EXISTING LAW:
Title 2 - Private Housing; Section 467, Persons sixty-five years of
age and over; Subdivision 4, requires only one notice and Subdivision

5b pertains to a county with population of one million or more.

JUSTIFICATION:
New York State offers a wide variety of programs in an effort to keep
senior citizens in their homes and out of institutional care. In an
effort to boost utilization of these programs, this bill would
require municipalities to send a second notice, in addition to the
notice already mandated that is sent with, or on, senior citizens tax
bill.
The second notification will be sent thirty days prior to the filing
deadline for the tax exemptions.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2011:    Discharged from Aging and Committed to Housing, Construction
         & Community Development/A.541 Referred, Reported to
         Ways & Means
2009-10: A.5640A - Referred to Ways and Means
2007-08: A.9940 -  Referred to Social Services

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately, provided that section two of
this act shall apply to the 2012-2013 tax assessment rolls if an

application for exemption is filed within 60 days of such effective
date.

2011-S1754A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 1754--A

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 12, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. DIAZ, ESPAILLAT, KLEIN, MONTGOMERY, STAVISKY -- read
  twice  and  ordered  printed,  and when printed to be committed to the
  Committee on  Aging  --  recommitted  to  the  Committee  on  Housing,
  Construction  and Community Development in accordance with Senate Rule
  6, sec. 8 -- 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 a notice of
  exemption for senior citizens

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

  Section  1. Subdivision 4 of section 467 of the real property tax law,
as amended by chapter 406 of the laws of 1995, is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  4.  Every municipal corporation in which such real property is located
shall notify, or cause to be notified, each  person  owning  residential
real  property  in  such municipal corporation of the provisions of this
section.  The provisions of this subdivision may be met by a  notice  or
legend sent on or with each tax bill to such persons reading "You may be
eligible  for  senior citizen tax exemptions. Senior citizens have until
month.........., day.......,  year......, to apply for such  exemptions.
For  information  please call or write....," followed by the name, tele-
phone number and/or address of a person or department  selected  by  the
municipal  corporation  to  explain the provisions of this section. Each
cooperative apartment corporation shall notify  each  tenant-stockholder
thereof in residence of such provisions as set forth herein.  Failure to
notify,  or  cause to be notified any person who is in fact, eligible to
receive the exemption provided by this section or the  failure  of  such
person  to  receive  the same shall not prevent the levy, collection and
enforcement of the payment of  the  taxes  on  property  owned  by  such
person.  A  SECOND COPY OF THE NOTICE REQUIRED BY THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL
BE SENT THIRTY DAYS PRIOR TO THE FILING DEADLINE.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04460-02-1

S. 1754--A                          2

  S 2. Subdivision 5-b of section 467 of the real property tax  law,  as
added by chapter 571 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
  5-b.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  this  section or any other
provision of law, a [county with an annual taxable status date of  Janu-
ary  first  or  January  second  and with a population of one million or
more,] MUNICIPALITY may, at its option and by amendment or adoption of a
local law or ordinance, authorize its assessor  to  accept  applications
for  the  exemption from real property taxes authorized pursuant to this
section on a date later than such  [county's]  MUNICIPALITY'S  statutory
deadline  date for receiving applications for such exemption. Any appli-
cation filed later than such statutory deadline date which is in compli-
ance with such local law or ordinance amended  or  adopted  pursuant  to
this  subdivision  and  which meets all other necessary requirements for
granting the exemption authorized by this section  shall  be  deemed  to
have  been  timely  filed prior to such statutory deadline date, and any
individual or individuals for whom such an application  has  been  filed
shall  be granted such exemption and shall receive such exemption on the
assessment [roles] ROLLS prepared for such [county] MUNICIPALITY on  the
basis  of  the  taxable  status date immediately preceding the date such
application was filed.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that section two
of this act shall apply to the 2012-2013  tax  assessment  rolls  if  an
application  for  exemption  is  filed  within 60 days of such effective
date.

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2011-S1754A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

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