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Mar 21, 2013 |
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Senate Bill S4346
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Aging Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
2013-S4346 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Aging
- Law Section:
- Real Property Tax Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §467, RPT L
2013-S4346 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4346 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the real property tax law, in relation to excluding social security income from computing tax exemptions for persons sixty-five years of age or over PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill would exclude social security benefits when determining the gross income figure to be used in applications for exemption from real property taxes. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends section 467 of the real Property tax law by removing social security payments from the list currently considered income when determining eligibility for the real property tax exemption. JUSTIFICATION: The receipt of social security benefits represents to many senior citizens a return of monies they contributed to the program during their working years. New York should not penalize seniors receiving those benefits by factoring their existence into the formula used to determine exemption eligibility. This legislation addresses this inequity by removing social security benefits from the income calculation formula. PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2009-10: A. 7279-B, Referred to Aging Committee 2007-08: A. 6882, Held for Consideration in Aging Committee 2005-06: A. 3378, Held for Consideration in Aging Committee 2003-04:
2013-S4346 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4346 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 21, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BOYLE -- 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 excluding social security income from computing tax exemptions for persons sixty-five years of age or over THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 467 of the real property tax law, as amended by chapter 259 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows: (a) if the income of the owner or the combined income of the owners of the property for the income tax year immediately preceding the date of making application for exemption exceeds the sum of three thousand dollars, or such other sum not less than three thousand dollars nor more than twenty-six thousand dollars beginning July first, two thousand six, twenty-seven thousand dollars beginning July first, two thousand seven, twenty-eight thousand dollars beginning July first, two thousand eight, and twenty-nine thousand dollars beginning July first, two thousand nine, as may be provided by the local law, ordinance or resolution adopted pursuant to this section. Income tax year shall mean the twelve month period for which the owner or owners filed a federal personal income tax return, or if no such return is filed, the calendar year. Where title is vested in either the husband or the wife, their combined income may not exceed such sum, except where the husband or wife, or ex-husband or ex-wife is absent from the property as provided in subpar- agraph (ii) of paragraph (d) of this subdivision, then only the income of the spouse or ex-spouse residing on the property shall be considered and may not exceed such sum. Such income shall include [social security and] retirement benefits, interest, dividends, total gain from the sale or exchange of a capital asset which may be offset by a loss from the sale or exchange of a capital asset in the same income tax year, net EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09579-01-3
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