Assembly Bill A5924

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides that school districts shall adopt a limited tax exemption relating to the tax on real property, to benefit disabled persons of limited income

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  • 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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2017-A5924 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Real Property Taxation
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §459-c, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6266
2011-2012: A6642
2013-2014: A4294
2015-2016: A4955

2017-A5924 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that school districts shall adopt a limited tax exemption relating to the tax on real property which would benefit persons with disabilities and limited income.

2017-A5924 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5924
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. CURRAN, FINCH, RAIA -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Real Property Taxation
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to directing  all
   school districts to adopt certain exemptions
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 459-c of the real
 property tax law, as amended by chapter 348 of  the  laws  of  2007,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (a)  Real  property owned by one or more persons with disabilities, or
 real property owned by a husband, wife, or  both,  or  by  siblings,  at
 least  one  of  whom  has a disability, or real property owned by one or
 more persons, some of whom qualify under this section and the others  of
 whom  qualify  under section four hundred sixty-seven of this title, and
 whose income, as hereafter defined, is limited by reason of  such  disa-
 bility,  shall  be  exempt from taxation by any municipal corporation in
 which located to the extent of fifty per centum of  the  assessed  valu-
 ation  thereof  as  hereinafter  provided.  After  a public hearing, 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] SHALL adopt a resolution to grant
 the exemption authorized pursuant to this section.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to  school
 years beginning in the year immediately following the year in which this
 act shall have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08556-01-7

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