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Senate Bill S658

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Permits senior citizens whose spouses are deceased to substitute a more recent income for purposes of determining eligibility for the enhanced STAR exemption

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2011-S658 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4264
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง425, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1602, A7520
2013-2014: S2167, A7129

2011-S658 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits senior citizens whose spouses are deceased to substitute a more recent income for purposes of determing eligibility for the enhanced school tax relief (STAR) exemption.

2011-S658 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S658 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   658

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. VALESKY, KLEIN, OPPENHEIMER, HASSELL-THOMPSON, 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  permitting
  senior citizens whose spouses are deceased to substitute a more recent
  year's income for purposes of determining eligibility for the enhanced
  exemption for school tax relief

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

  Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of  paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  4  of
section  425  of  the  real  property tax law is amended by adding a new
clause (C-1) to read as follows:
  (C-1) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF CLAUSE (C)  OF  THIS  SUBPARA-
GRAPH,  IN THE EVENT THAT A SENIOR CITIZEN WHO, AS A RESULT OF THE DEATH
OF HIS OR HER SPOUSE, EXPERIENCES A SUFFICIENT DECREASE IN INCOME DURING
THE TAX YEAR IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE OF  MAKING  APPLICATION  FOR
THE  EXEMPTION, THEN FOR THE PURPOSES OF DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR THE
ENHANCED EXEMPTION, SUCH SENIOR CITIZEN MAY USE HIS OR  HER  INCOME  FOR
SUCH  YEAR;  PROVIDED  THAT THE INCOME TAX RETURN FOR SUCH YEAR HAS BEEN
FILED WITH THE APPROPRIATE STATE OR FEDERAL AGENCY, OR OTHER  DOCUMENTA-
TION OF INCOME ELIGIBILITY HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE ASSESSOR OF APPROPRI-
ATE JURISDICTION, PRIOR TO APRIL THIRTIETH.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03498-01-1

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