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Senate Bill S891

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Increases the base figures for the basic and enhanced STAR exemptions for real property in rural areas

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2017-S891 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §425, RPT L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S5401

2017-S891 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the base figures for the basic and enhanced STAR exemptions for real property in rural areas; defines such rural area as a county with a population of less than 200,000 or, in counties with a greater population, a town having a population density of 150 or fewer persons per square mile.

2017-S891 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S891 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    891
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. AMEDORE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to increasing the
   base figure for basic and enhanced school  tax  relief  exemption  for
   property located in rural areas

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraph (vi) of paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  2  of
 section  425 of the real property tax law, as added by section 1 of part
 D-1 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2007, clause (A) as further amended  by
 subdivision  (b)  of  section  1  of part W of chapter 56 of the laws of
 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   (vi) For the two thousand nine--two thousand ten school year and ther-
 eafter:
   (A) The base figure for the enhanced STAR exemption  shall  equal  the
 prior  year's  base  figure multiplied by the percentage increase in the
 consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers (CPI-W)
 published by the United States department  of  labor,  bureau  of  labor
 statistics,  for  the  third  quarter of the calendar year preceding the
 applicable school year, as compared to the third quarter  of  the  prior
 calendar year. If a base figure as so determined is not exactly equal to
 a  multiple  of  one hundred dollars, it shall be rounded to the nearest
 multiple of one hundred dollars. It shall be the responsibility  of  the
 commissioner  to annually determine such base figures.  PROVIDED, HOWEV-
 ER, FOR REAL PROPERTY IN A RURAL AREA, THE BASE FIGURE FOR THE  ENHANCED
 STAR EXEMPTION SHALL BE EIGHTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
   (B) The base figure for the basic STAR exemption shall be thirty thou-
 sand dollars; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, FOR REAL PROPERTY IN A RURAL AREA, SUCH
 BASE FIGURE SHALL BE FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
   (C)  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS SECTION, "RURAL AREA" MEANS A COUNTY
 HAVING A POPULATION OF LESS THAN TWO HUNDRED  THOUSAND,  OR  WITHIN  ANY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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