Assembly Bill A6170

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes municipal corporations to grant partial exemption on real property owned by persons totally and permanently disabled

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A6170 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Real Property Taxation
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §467, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4524
2011-2012: A2514
2013-2014: A3196
2015-2016: A3125
2017-2018: A7347
2021-2022: A5592
2023-2024: A4402

2019-A6170 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the current real property tax exemption for persons over 65 may also be extended to those persons who are totally and permanently disabled; requires that municipalities shall provide by local law that such exemptions shall be granted to either those 65 years of age or older or to those who are totally and permanently disabled, or to both categories of persons.

2019-A6170 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6170
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 28, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. FITZPATRICK, TAGUE, REILLY, DiPIETRO, SALKA --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. MANKTELOW -- read once and referred  to
   the Committee on Real Property Taxation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  real  property tax law, in relation to granting
   partial exemption from real  property  taxation  to  persons  who  are
   totally and permanently disabled
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 467 of the  real
 property  tax  law,  as  amended  by chapter 348 of the laws of 2007, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (a) Real property owned by one  or  more  persons,  each  of  whom  is
 sixty-five  years  of age or over, or real property owned by husband and
 wife or by siblings, one of whom is sixty-five years of age or  over  OR
 TOTALLY  AND PERMANENTLY DISABLED, or real property owned by one or more
 persons, some of whom qualify under this section and the others of  whom
 qualify  under section four hundred fifty-nine-c of this title, shall be
 exempt from taxation by any municipal corporation in  which  located  to
 the  extent  of  fifty  per  centum  of  the assessed valuation thereof,
 provided the governing board of such municipality, after public hearing,
 adopts a local law, ordinance or resolution  providing  [therefor]  THAT
 SUCH  EXEMPTION SHALL BE GRANTED TO EITHER THOSE SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE
 OR OVER, OR TO THOSE TOTALLY AND PERMANENTLY DISABLED, OR TO BOTH  CATE-
 GORIES.  For  the purposes of this section, sibling shall mean a brother
 or a  sister,  whether  related  through  half  blood,  whole  blood  or
 adoption.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05980-01-9

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