| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 13, 2016 |
referred to local government |
Senate Bill S6453
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee
Actions
2015-S6453 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8365
- Current Committee:
- Senate Local Government
- Law Section:
- Real Property Taxation
2015-S6453 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6453
TITLE OF BILL : An act to authorize St. Luke's Episcopal Church to
file an application for exemption from real property taxes for certain
assessment rolls
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : To exempt St. Luke's Episcopal
Church, a religious corporation, from the liability for payment of
certain general taxes of the 1992-1993 through 1999-2000 assessment
rolls.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : This bill would authorize and
direct the New York City Department of Finance to accept applications
for exemption from real property taxes pursuant to section 420-a of
the real property tax law for the assessment rolls as to which
1992-1993 assessment rolls through 1999-2000 assessment rolls was the
taxable status date. When satisfied that the St. Luke's Episcopal
Church would otherwise have been entitled to said exemption, the NYC
Department of Finance, upon approval by the city council of the city
of the city of New York, may grant exemption from all taxation with
respect to the subject tax rolls due and owing by such corporation on
the effective date of this act and cancel taxes, fines, penalties and
interest remaining unpaid, and make appropriation correction of the
subject assessment rolls.
JUSTIFICATION : St. Luke's Episcopal Church owns property (Block
2015-S6453 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
6453
I N S E N A T E
January 13, 2016
___________
Introduced by Sen. HASSELL-THOMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
AN ACT to authorize St. Luke's Episcopal Church to file an application
for exemption from real property taxes for certain assessment rolls
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
the commissioner of the New York city department of finance is hereby
authorized to accept from St. Luke's Episcopal Church, a not-for-profit
corporation, an application for exemption from real property taxes
pursuant to section 420-a of the real property tax law for the 1992-1993
through 1999-2000 assessment rolls, for the parcel owned by such corpo-
ration in the city of New York, borough of Bronx, designated as block
4654, lot 73 in such borough. If accepted, the application shall be
reviewed as if it had been received on or before the taxable status date
established for such assessment rolls.
If satisfied that such corporation would otherwise be entitled to such
exemption if such corporation had filed an application for exemption by
the appropriate taxable status date, the commissioner of the New York
city department of finance, upon approval by the city council of the
city of New York, may grant exemption from all taxation with respect to
the subject tax rolls due and owing by such corporation on the effective
date of this act and cancel taxes, fines, penalties and interest remain-
ing unpaid, and make appropriate correction of the subject assessment
rolls.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11815-01-5
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