Assembly Bill A350A

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                 350--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
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Introduced  by  M.  of A. DINOWITZ, JACOBS, BENEDETTO, GOTTFRIED, ROSEN-
  THAL, ABBATE, MAISEL, COOK, ROBINSON, PERRY, CRESPO,  RIVERA,  GIBSON,
  WRIGHT,  BOYLAND,  MILLMAN,  BARRON, BROOK-KRASNY, GOLDFEDER -- Multi-
  Sponsored by -- M. of A. DenDEKKER, FARRELL, GLICK,  HEASTIE,  HEVESI,
  V. LOPEZ, MARKEY, McDONOUGH, MILLER, OAKS, SALADINO, TITONE, WEINSTEIN
  --  read  once  and referred to the Committee on Aging -- reported and
  referred to the Committee on Ways and Means --  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  renewal
  notices for applications under the SCRIE program

  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-b of  the  real  property  tax
law,  as  amended by chapter 651 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read
as follows:
  4. The head of the household must apply every two years to the  appro-
priate  rent control agency or administrative agency for a tax abatement
certificate on a form prescribed by said agency. A tax abatement certif-
icate setting forth an amount not in excess of the increase  in  maximum
rent or legal regulated rent for the taxable period or such other amount
as  shall be determined under subdivision three of this section shall be
issued by said agency to each head of the household who is found  to  be
eligible under this section on or before the last date prescribed by law
for  the  payment  of  the taxes or the first installment thereof of any
municipal corporation which has granted an abatement of taxes. Copies of
such certificate shall be issued to  the  owner  of  the  real  property
containing  the  dwelling  unit  of the head of the household and to the
collecting officer charged with the duty of collecting the taxes of each
municipal corporation which has granted the abatement of  taxes  author-

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

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ized  by  this section.  THE APPROPRIATE RENT CONTROL AGENCY OR ADMINIS-
TRATIVE AGENCY SHALL SEND A NOTICE OF REQUIRED RENEWAL TO EACH  HEAD  OF
HOUSEHOLD CURRENTLY RECEIVING AN EXEMPTION UNDER THIS SECTION VIA UNITED
STATES  POSTAL  SERVICE  TO  THEIR PRIMARY RESIDENCE NO LESS THAN THIRTY
DAYS PRIOR TO THE APPLICATION RENEWAL DATE.
  S 2. Subdivision 4 of section 467-b of the real property tax  law,  as
added by chapter 689 of the laws of 1972, is amended to read as follows:
  4.  The  head of the household must apply each year to the appropriate
rent control agency for a tax abatement certificate on a form prescribed
by said agency. A tax abatement certificate setting forth an amount  not
in  excess  of the increase in maximum rent for the taxable period shall
be issued by said agency to each head of the household who is  found  to
be  eligible under this section on or before the last date prescribed by
law for the payment of the taxes or the first installment thereof of any
city, town or village which has granted an abatement of taxes. Copies of
such certificate shall be issued to  the  owner  of  the  real  property
containing  the  dwelling  unit  of the head of the household and to the
collecting officer charged with the duty of collecting the taxes of each
city, town or village which has granted the abatement of  taxes  author-
ized  by  this section.  THE APPROPRIATE RENT CONTROL AGENCY OR ADMINIS-
TRATIVE AGENCY SHALL SEND A NOTICE OF REQUIRED RENEWAL TO EACH  HEAD  OF
HOUSEHOLD CURRENTLY RECEIVING AN EXEMPTION UNDER THIS SECTION VIA UNITED
STATES  POSTAL  SERVICE  TO  THEIR PRIMARY RESIDENCE NO LESS THAN THIRTY
DAYS PRIOR TO THE APPLICATION RENEWAL DATE.
  S 3. Subdivision 4 of section 467-c of the real property tax  law,  as
added by chapter 208 of the laws of 1975, is amended to read as follows:
  4.  Any such local law or ordinance may provide that the eligible head
of the household shall apply annually to the supervising  agency  for  a
rent  increase exemption order/tax abatement certificate on a form to be
prescribed and made available by the supervising agency. The supervising
agency shall approve or disapprove applications  and,  if  it  approves,
shall  issue  a rent increase exemption order/tax abatement certificate.
Copies of such order/certificate shall be issued to the housing  company
managing the dwelling unit of the eligible head of the household, to the
eligible  head  of  the  household and to the collecting officer charged
with the duty of collecting the taxes of the municipality.   THE  APPRO-
PRIATE  SUPERVISING  AGENCY  SHALL  SEND A NOTICE OF REQUIRED RENEWAL TO
EACH HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD  CURRENTLY  RECEIVING  AN  EXEMPTION  UNDER  THIS
SECTION  VIA  UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE TO THEIR PRIMARY RESIDENCE NO
LESS THAN THIRTY DAYS PRIOR TO THE APPLICATION RENEWAL DATE.
  S 4. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have  become a law; provided that the amendments to section 467-b of the
real property tax law made by section one of this act shall  be  subject
to  the  expiration and reversion of such section pursuant to section 17
of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974, as amended, when upon such date  the
provisions of section two of this act shall take effect.