Assembly Bill A8200

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Enacts the "STAR credit bill of rights" and establishes the office of STAR ombudsman

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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-A8200 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4024
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S2969
2023-2024: S57

2019-A8200 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "STAR credit bill of rights"; establishes the office of STAR ombudsman.

2019-A8200 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8200
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 7, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to enacting  the  "STAR  credit
   bill of rights" and establishing the office of STAR ombudsman
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "STAR cred-
 it bill of rights".
   § 2. Subclauses (I), (II) and (III) of clause (i) of subparagraph  (B)
 of  paragraph  10  of subsection (eee) of section 606 of the tax law, as
 amended by section 2 of part TT of chapter 59 of the laws of  2017,  are
 amended to read as follows:
   (I)  If the school district tax roll is filed with the commissioner on
 or before July first, the determination of eligibility shall be made  by
 July fifteenth, or as soon thereafter as is practicable, and the advance
 payment  shall  be issued by July thirtieth, or as soon thereafter as is
 practicable.  FOR EACH RESIDENTIAL TAXPAYER IN SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT
 THE COMMISSIONER DETERMINES TO BE INELIGIBLE FOR  A  REASON  OTHER  THAN
 FAILING  TO  MEET THE INCOME AND RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCH CREDIT,
 THE COMMISSIONER SHALL NOTIFY, IN WRITING, SUCH TAXPAYER OF HIS  OR  HER
 INELIGIBILITY. SUCH NOTICE MAILED TO RESIDENTIAL TAXPAYERS WHO ARE INEL-
 IGIBLE  FOR  THE  CREDIT ALLOWED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION BECAUSE THE
 PRIMARY RESIDENCE OF SUCH A TAXPAYER RECEIVED A STAR EXEMPTION  FOR  THE
 ASSOCIATED FISCAL YEAR AS SET FORTH IN CLAUSE (I) OF SUBPARAGRAPH (A) OF
 PARAGRAPH  ONE  OF  THIS  SUBSECTION SHALL INCLUDE INFORMATION ON HOW TO
 SWITCH TO THE CREDIT PROGRAM. SUCH NOTICE SHALL BE MAILED TO  THE  RESI-
 DENTIAL  TAXPAYER  AND  POSTMARKED  NO LATER THAN THREE DAYS BEFORE  THE
 DATE SET FORTH IN THIS SUBCLAUSE. SUCH NOTICE ALONG WITH AN APPEAL  FORM
 AND A LIST OF ALL SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION THAT MAY BE REQUIRED FOR SUCH
 APPEAL  SHALL  BE  MAILED TO A RESIDENTIAL TAXPAYER FOUND INELIGIBLE FOR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10175-05-9
              

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