Assembly Bill A8862A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to implementing automatic enrollment for the tax abatement program for rent-controlled and rent-regulated property occupied by senior citizens

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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-A8862 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8036
Current Committee:
Assembly Real Property Taxation
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §467-b, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A1475, S5102
2023-2024: A5122, S2470
2025-2026: A5232, S2220

2019-A8862 - Summary

Implements automatic enrollment for the tax abatement program for rent-controlled and rent-regulated property occupied by senior citizens and provides for a check box for a taxpayer to opt-out of data sharing and automatic enrollment on their tax return.

2019-A8862 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8862
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 18, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Real Property Taxation
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation  to  implementing
   automatic enrollment for the tax abatement program for rent-controlled
   and rent-regulated property occupied by senior citizens

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 467-b of the real property tax law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 14 to read as follows:
   14.  A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, A SUPER-
 VISING AGENCY OF ANY MUNICIPALITY THAT ADOPTS A LOCAL  LAW,  RESOLUTION,
 OR ORDINANCE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION SHALL DEVELOP A
 PROGRAM TO AUTOMATICALLY ENROLL AND REENROLL EVERY HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD, AS
 DEFINED  IN  SUBPARAGRAPH  (I) OF PARAGRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
 SECTION, WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR AN  ABATEMENT  OF  TAXES  PURSUANT  TO  THE
 PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SECTION  WHO  HAS  NOT OPTED OUT OF SUCH AUTOMATIC
 ENROLLMENT PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH B  OF  THIS  SUBDIVI-
 SION.
   B.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A SYSTEM TO PROVIDE A
 SUPERVISING AGENCY WITH THE INFORMATION NECESSARY TO DETERMINE IF A HEAD
 OF HOUSEHOLD IS ELIGIBLE FOR A TAX ABATEMENT PURSUANT TO  THIS  SECTION.
 THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE A CHECK BOX FOR A TAXPAYER TO OPT-OUT OF
 DATA SHARING AND AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT PURSUANT TO  THIS  SUBDIVISION  ON
 THE INCOME TAX RETURN REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE
 OF THE TAX LAW.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately,
 the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regulation  neces-
 sary  for  the  implementation  of  this  act  on its effective date are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14141-01-9

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2019-A8862A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8036
Current Committee:
Assembly Real Property Taxation
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §467-b, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A1475, S5102
2023-2024: A5122, S2470
2025-2026: A5232, S2220

2019-A8862A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Implements automatic enrollment for the tax abatement program for rent-controlled and rent-regulated property occupied by senior citizens and provides for a check box for a taxpayer to opt-out of data sharing and automatic enrollment on their tax return.

2019-A8862A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8862--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 18, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Real Property Taxation -- recommitted  to  the  Committee  on  Real
   Property  Taxation  in  accordance  with  Assembly  Rule  3, sec. 2 --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted to said committee

 AN  ACT  to amend the real property tax law, in relation to implementing
   automatic enrollment for the tax abatement program for rent-controlled
   and rent-regulated property occupied by senior citizens
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  467-b of the real property tax law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 14 to read as follows:
   14. A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY MUNI-
 CIPALITY THAT ADOPTS A LOCAL LAW, RESOLUTION, OR ORDINANCE  PURSUANT  TO
 SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION MAY ADOPT, AFTER PUBLIC HEARING, A LOCAL
 LAW,  ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SUPERVISING AGENCY OF SUCH
 MUNICIPALITY TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM TO AUTOMATICALLY ENROLL  AND  REENROLL
 EVERY  HEAD  OF HOUSEHOLD, AS DEFINED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF PARAGRAPH B
 OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR AN ABATEMENT  OF
 TAXES  PURSUANT  TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION WHO HAS NOT OPTED OUT
 OF SUCH AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF  PARAGRAPH  B
 OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   B.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A SYSTEM TO PROVIDE A
 SUPERVISING AGENCY WITH THE INFORMATION NECESSARY TO DETERMINE IF A HEAD
 OF HOUSEHOLD IS ELIGIBLE FOR A TAX ABATEMENT PURSUANT TO  THIS  SECTION.
 THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE A CHECK BOX FOR A TAXPAYER TO OPT-OUT OF
 DATA SHARING AND AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT PURSUANT TO  THIS  SUBDIVISION  ON
 THE INCOME TAX RETURN REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE
 OF THE TAX LAW.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately,
 the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regulation  neces-
 sary  for  the  implementation  of  this  act  on its effective date are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.

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