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Senate Bill S9042

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Caps the amount of taxes a senior has to pay on his or her real property at the amount such individual paid in the year in which he or she turned 65

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2017-S9042 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Add §497, Tax L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S2713

2017-S9042 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Caps the amount of taxes a senior has to pay on his or her real property at the amount such individual paid in the year in which he or she turned 65; provides that the individual claiming the limitation must be the owner of the property and must reside in the property for at least seventy-five percent of the year.

2017-S9042 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S9042 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9042
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 14, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to the limitation
   of taxation on certain seniors
 
   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 497 to read as follows:
   § 497. LIMITATION OF TAXATION ON CERTAIN SENIORS.  1.  THE  AMOUNT  OF
 TAXES  PAID  ON  REAL PROPERTY BY QUALIFIED SENIORS IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS,
 INCLUDING SCHOOL TAXES, SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY  SUCH  INDI-
 VIDUAL IN THE YEAR IN WHICH HE OR SHE TURNS SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE.
   2.  FOR  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A QUALIFIED SENIOR IS AN INDIVIDUAL
 WHO IS:
   A. THE OWNER OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY; AND
   B. RESIDES AT THE PROPERTY FOR AT LEAST TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR  DAYS
 IN ANY GIVEN YEAR; AND
   C. IS AT LEAST SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
 real property tax assessments occurring on or after such effective date.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15055-01-8

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