Senate Bill S7187

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Permits special districts to adopt local laws providing for an exemption for improvements to residential real property for facilitating accessibility of such property to a physically disabled owner

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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-S7187 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8980
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §459, RPT L (as proposed in S.6452 & A.5137-A)

2019-S7187 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits special districts to adopt local laws providing for an exemption for improvements to residential real property for the purpose of facilitating accessibility of such property to a physically disabled owner.

2019-S7187 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7187 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7187
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  KAPLAN -- 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 making techni-
   cal changes to allow exemption from certain special districts
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivisions  1 and 3 of section 459 of the real property
 tax law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2019, amending the  real
 property  tax  law  relating  to permitting special districts to adopt a
 local law providing for an exemption  for  improvements  to  residential
 real  property  for  the  purpose  of facilitating accessibility of such
 property to a physically disabled  owner,  as  proposed  in  legislative
 bills numbers S.6452 and A.5137-A, are amended to read as follows:
   1.  After a public hearing, the governing body of a county, city, town
 or village may adopt a local  law  or  a  school  district  [or  special
 district] may adopt a resolution, providing for an exemption pursuant to
 the provisions of this section. Such local law or resolution may provide
 that  an  improvement  to  any real property used solely for residential
 purposes as a one, two or three family residence shall  be  exempt  from
 taxation  AND SPECIAL AD VALOREM LEVIES to the extent of any increase in
 value attributable to such improvement if such improvement is  used  for
 the  purpose of facilitating and accommodating the use and accessibility
 of such real property by (a) a resident owner of the real  property  who
 is  physically  disabled, or (b) a member of the resident owner's house-
 hold who is physically disabled, if such  member  resides  in  the  real
 property.    A  local law or resolution adopted pursuant to this section
 may provide that the exemption shall apply to  improvements  constructed
 prior to the effective date of such local law or resolution.
   3.  Such exemption shall be granted only upon application by the owner
 or all of the owners of the real property on a form prescribed and  made
 available by the commissioner. The applicant shall furnish such informa-
 tion  as  the commissioner shall require. The application shall be filed
 together with the appropriate certified statement of physical disability
 or certificate of blindness with the assessor of the appropriate county,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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