Senate Bill S5446

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires all assessing units to participate in the enhanced school tax relief exemption

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A7375 - Signed by Governor

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S5446 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7375
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §425, RPT L

2015-S5446 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires all assessing units to participate in the enhanced school tax relief exemption.

2015-S5446 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S5446 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5446

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 14, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  SERINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to requiring  all
  assessing  units  to  participate  in  the  enhanced school tax relief
  exemption

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

  Section  1.  Subparagraph  (iv)  of  paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of
section 425 of the real property tax law, as amended by  section  10  of
part W of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
  (iv)  Effective  with applications for the enhanced exemption on final
assessment rolls to be completed in two thousand three, the  application
form  shall  indicate  that  the  owners of the property and any owners'
spouses residing on the premises may  authorize  the  assessor  to  have
their  income  eligibility  verified  annually  thereafter  by the state
department of taxation and finance, in lieu of furnishing copies of  the
applicable  income  tax  return  or returns with the application. If the
owners of the property and any owners' spouses residing on the  premises
elect  to  participate in this program, which shall be known as the STAR
income verification program, they must furnish their taxpayer  identifi-
cation  numbers  in  order  to  facilitate  matching with records of the
department. Thereafter, their income eligibility shall be verified annu-
ally by the  department  and  the  assessor  shall  not  request  income
documentation  from  them,  unless  such department advises the assessor
that they do not satisfy the applicable income eligibility requirements,
or that it is unable to determine whether they  satisfy  those  require-
ments.    ALL  ASSESSING  UNITS SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS
PROGRAM.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10898-01-5

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