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Assembly Bill A7451A

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Provides that real property owned by clergy shall be exempt from real property taxes to the extent of fifteen hundred dollars and local law or resolution may provide a twenty percent exemption

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2013-A7451 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §460, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A997
2011-2012: A7410
2015-2016: A7065
2017-2018: A8879

2013-A7451 - Summary

Provides that real property owned by clergy shall be exempt from real property taxes to the extent of fifteen hundred dollars, provided that local laws and a resolution adopted by a school district may provide that the exemption granted shall be twenty percent of the assessed value of such real property.

2013-A7451 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7451

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 17, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Real Property Taxation

AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to the real prop-
  erty tax exemption for clergy

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 460 of the real property tax  law,
as  amended  by  chapter  261 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as
follows:
  (1) Real property owned by a minister of the gospel, priest  or  rabbi
of  any  denomination,  an actual resident and inhabitant of this state,
who is engaged in the work assigned by the  church  or  denomination  of
which  he  or she is a member, or who is unable to perform such work due
to impaired health or is over seventy years of age,  and  real  property
owned  by  his or her unremarried surviving spouse while an actual resi-
dent and inhabitant of this state, shall be exempt from taxation to  the
extent  of [fifteen hundred dollars] TWENTY PERCENT OF THE ASSESSMENT OF
SUCH REAL PROPERTY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to assess-
ment rolls prepared on the basis of taxable status dates occurring on or
after such date.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10068-01-3

2013-A7451A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §460, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A997
2011-2012: A7410
2015-2016: A7065
2017-2018: A8879

2013-A7451A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that real property owned by clergy shall be exempt from real property taxes to the extent of fifteen hundred dollars, provided that local laws and a resolution adopted by a school district may provide that the exemption granted shall be twenty percent of the assessed value of such real property.

2013-A7451A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 7451--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 17, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on  Real  Property  Taxation  --  recommitted to the Committee on Real
  Property Taxation 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 the real prop-
  erty tax exemption for clergy

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

  Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 460 of the real property tax law,
as amended by chapter 261 of the laws of 1992, is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  (1)  Real  property owned by a minister of the gospel, priest or rabbi
of any denomination, an actual resident and inhabitant  of  this  state,
who  is  engaged  in  the work assigned by the church or denomination of
which he or she is a member, or who is unable to perform such  work  due
to  impaired  health  or is over seventy years of age, and real property
owned by his or her unremarried surviving spouse while an  actual  resi-
dent  and inhabitant of this state, shall be exempt from taxation to the
extent of fifteen hundred dollars, PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT  THE  GOVERNING
BOARD  OF  A  COUNTY,  CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE MAY ADOPT A LOCAL LAW AND A
SCHOOL DISTRICT, OTHER THAN A SCHOOL DISTRICT SUBJECT TO ARTICLE  FIFTY-
TWO  OF  THE  EDUCATION  LAW, MAY ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE THAT THE
EXEMPTION GRANTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE  TWENTY  PERCENT  OF
THE ASSESSED VALUE OF SUCH REAL PROPERTY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10068-02-4

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