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Assembly Bill A5972

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to a real property tax freeze for individuals 65 years of age or older

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2017-A5972 (ACTIVE) - Details

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

2017-A5972 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to a real property tax freeze for individuals 65 years of age or older.

2017-A5972 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5972
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 21, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CASTORINA, DiPIETRO, GIGLIO, GRAF, FINCH, MONTES-
   ANO,  ORTIZ,  RAIA,  VANEL,  WILLIAMS -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Real Property Taxation
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to establishing a
   real property tax freeze for property owned by persons 65 years of age
   or older

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  real  property  tax  law  is amended by adding a new
 section 467-k to read as follows:
   § 467-K. REAL PROPERTY TAX FREEZE FOR PERSONS SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF  AGE
 AND  OVER. 1. REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY ONE OR MORE PERSONS, ONE OF WHOM IS
 SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OVER SHALL BE SUBJECT TO  A  TAXATION  FREEZE
 AND  THE  REAL PROPERTY TAXES FOR SUCH PROPERTY BE FROZEN AT THE AMOUNTS
 PAYABLE AT THE TIME THE ONE OR MORE PERSONS TURNS  SIXTY-FIVE  YEARS  OF
 AGE.
   2.  REAL  PROPERTY OWNED BY ONE OR MORE PERSONS, ONE OF WHOM IS SIXTY-
 FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE  OF  THIS  SECTION,
 SHALL  BE  SUBJECT  TO A TAXATION FREEZE AND THE REAL PROPERTY TAXES FOR
 SUCH PROPERTY BE FROZEN AT THE AMOUNTS PAYABLE AT THE TIME OF THE EFFEC-
 TIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of February next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a  law  and  shall  apply  to
 assessment rolls prepared on the basis of taxable status dates occurring
 on or after such date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09284-01-7

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