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Assembly Bill A896

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to granting a STAR exemption to the relative of the owner of land who is using the land for agricultural purposes and is paying the school taxes

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2017-A896 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Real Property Taxation
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §425, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4044
2011-2012: A4591
2013-2014: A2546
2015-2016: A4316
2019-2020: A1464

2017-A896 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to granting a STAR exemption to the relative within two degrees of consanguinity of the owner of property if the relative is using the land for agricultural purposes and is paying the school taxes on the property.

2017-A896 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    896
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. FINCH --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Real Property Taxation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the real property tax law, in relation to eligibility
   for the school real property (STAR) tax exemption
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 3 of section 425 of the real property tax law
 is amended by adding a new paragraph (g) to read as follows:
   (G) RELATIVE TAXPAYERS. IF A MEMBER OF THE OWNER'S FAMILY  WITHIN  TWO
 DEGREES  OF  CONSANGUINITY OR A MEMBER OF A CO-OWNER'S FAMILY WITHIN TWO
 DEGREES OF CONSANGUINITY IS USING THE PROPERTY FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES
 AND IS ALSO PAYING THE SCHOOL TAXES FOR THE PROPERTY THEN THAT MEMBER OF
 THE OWNER'S OR CO-OWNER'S FAMILY SHALL  BE  ENTITLED  TO  THE  EXEMPTION
 PROVIDED  BY  THIS  SECTION  AND NOT THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.  FOR THE
 PURPOSES OF THIS  PARAGRAPH,  "AGRICULTURAL  PURPOSES"  SHALL  MEAN  THE
 PRODUCING  OF  FOOD  UPON  A  FARM  OR  ELSEWHERE ON THE PROPERTY BY THE
 TILLAGE OF THE SOIL,  THE  COMMERCIAL  RAISING,  SHEARING,  FEEDING  AND
 MANAGEMENT  OF ANIMALS OR OTHER AGRICULTURAL, HORTICULTURAL, RANCHING OR
 DAIRYING PROCESSES AND SHALL ALSO INCLUDE THE MANUFACTURE OF FOODS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  the
 administration of the STAR exemption beginning with the 2017-2018 school
 year.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04696-01-7

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