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Senate Bill S3196

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes municipalities to adopt a local law authorizing the assessor of such municipality to accept late applications for the STAR exemption

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2017-S3196 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2517
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §425, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S3033, A2158
2011-2012: S3576, A3813
2013-2014: S1765, A1211
2015-2016: S1593, A1890
2019-2020: A3358

2017-S3196 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes municipalities to adopt a local law authorizing the assessor of such municipality to accept applications for the basic STAR exemption and the enhanced STAR exemption for senior citizens after the taxable status date for such municipality and before January tenth of the following year.

2017-S3196 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S3196 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
     S. 3196                                                  A. 2517
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 20, 2017
                                ___________
 
 IN  SENATE -- Introduced by Sens. LAVALLE, LARKIN, RITCHIE -- read twice
   and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
   on Local Government
 
 IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT  --  read  once  and
   referred to the Committee on Real Property Taxation

 AN  ACT  to amend the real property tax law, in relation to applications
   for the enhanced school tax relief exemption for real property taxes
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph (e) of subdivision 6 of section 425 of the real
 property tax law, as amended by chapter 531 of  the  laws  of  2006,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (e)  Except in the city of New York, notwithstanding the provisions of
 paragraph (a) of this subdivision, [an application  for  such  exemption
 may be filed with the assessor after the appropriate taxable status date
 but  not  later  than  the last date on which a petition with respect to
 complaints of assessment may be filed, where failure to  file  a  timely
 application resulted from: (i) a death of the applicant's spouse, child,
 parent, brother or sister; or (ii) an illness of the applicant or of the
 applicant's  spouse,  child,  parent,  brother or sister, which actually
 prevents the applicant from filing on a timely basis, as certified by  a
 licensed  physician. The assessor shall approve or deny such application
 as if it had been filed on or before the taxable status date] THE  LOCAL
 GOVERNING  BODY  OF  A CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE OR COUNTY HAVING THE POWER TO
 ASSESS MAY ADOPT A LOCAL LAW AUTHORIZING THE ASSESSOR  OR  ASSESSORS  OF
 SUCH  CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE OR COUNTY TO ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FOR THE BASIC
 EXEMPTION AND THE ENHANCED  EXEMPTION  FOR  SENIOR  CITIZENS  AUTHORIZED
 PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION AFTER THE TAXABLE STATUS DATE FOR SUCH CITY,
 TOWN, VILLAGE OR COUNTY. SUCH LOCAL LAW SHALL PROVIDE THAT IN THE  EVENT
 THE  OWNER,  OR ALL OF THE OWNERS, OF PROPERTY FAIL TO FILE THE APPLICA-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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