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Assembly Bill A5967

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to tax exemptions for persons sixty-five years of age or older

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2017-A5967 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Real Property Taxation
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §467, RPT L

2017-A5967 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to tax exemptions for persons sixty-five years of age or older.

2017-A5967 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5967
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BARNWELL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Real Property Taxation
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to tax exemptions
   for persons sixty-five years or older
 
   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 467 of  the  real
 property  tax  law,  as  amended  by chapter 348 of the laws of 2007, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (a) (1) Real property owned by one or more persons, each  of  whom  is
 sixty-five  years TO SIXTY-NINE YEARS of age [or over], or real property
 owned by husband and wife or by siblings,  one  of  whom  is  sixty-five
 years  TO  SIXTY-NINE  YEARS of age [or over], 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 fifty-nine-c of this
 title, 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, provided the governing board of such municipality,  after
 public  hearing,  adopts  a local law, ordinance or resolution providing
 therefor. For the purposes of this section, sibling shall mean a brother
 or a  sister,  whether  related  through  half  blood,  whole  blood  or
 adoption.
   (2) REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY ONE OR MORE PERSONS, EACH OF WHOM IS SEVEN-
 TY YEARS TO SEVENTY-FOUR YEARS OF AGE, OR REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY HUSBAND
 AND  WIFE  OR  BY SIBLINGS, ONE OF WHOM IS SEVENTY YEARS TO SEVENTY-FOUR
 YEARS OF AGE, 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 FIFTY-NINE-C OF THIS TITLE, SHALL  BE  EXEMPT  FROM
 TAXATION  BY ANY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION IN WHICH LOCATED TO THE EXTENT OF
 FIFTY-FIVE PER CENTUM OF THE ASSESSED VALUATION  THEREOF,  PROVIDED  THE
 GOVERNING  BOARD  OF  SUCH  MUNICIPALITY, AFTER PUBLIC HEARING, ADOPTS A
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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