senate Bill S5557

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Increases the amount of income property owners may earn for the purpose of eligibility for the property tax exemption for persons over sixty-five years of age and persons with disabilities and limited income

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - Passed Senate


  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor Calendar
    • Passed Senate
    • Passed Assembly
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed/Vetoed by Governor

Your Voice

do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

view actions (18)
Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 29, 2020 referred to aging
delivered to assembly
passed senate
Jan 27, 2020 advanced to third reading
Jan 23, 2020 2nd report cal.
Jan 22, 2020 1st report cal.227
Jan 08, 2020 print number 5557a
Jan 08, 2020 amend and recommit to aging
referred to aging
returned to senate
died in assembly
May 21, 2019 referred to aging
delivered to assembly
passed senate
May 20, 2019 advanced to third reading
May 15, 2019 2nd report cal.
May 14, 2019 1st report cal.745
May 07, 2019 referred to aging

Votes

view votes

Jan 22, 2020 - Aging committee Vote

S5557A
7
0
committee
7
Aye
0
Nay
0
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
show committee vote details

Committee Vote: Jan 22, 2020

May 14, 2019 - Aging committee Vote

S5557
7
0
committee
7
Aye
0
Nay
0
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
show Aging committee vote details

Aging Committee Vote: May 14, 2019

Co-Sponsors

view additional co-sponsors

S5557 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3149
Current Committee:
Assembly Aging
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§467 & 459-c, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7859, A10335
2017-2018: S772, A10297
2021-2022: S3085, A3956

S5557 - Summary

Increases the amount of income property owners may earn for the purpose of eligibility for the property tax exemption for persons sixty-five years of age or over and for persons with disabilities and limited income.

S5557 - Sponsor Memo

S5557 - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5557

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               May 7, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  STEWART-COUSINS -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging

AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to increasing the
  amount of income property owners may earn for the purpose of eligibil-
  ity for the property tax exemption for persons sixty-five years of age
  or over and for persons with disabilities and limited income

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 467 of the real
property tax law, as separately amended by chapters 131 and 279  of  the
laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
  (a) if the income of the owner or the combined income of the owners of
the  property  for the income tax year immediately preceding the date of
making application for exemption  exceeds  the  sum  of  three  thousand
dollars, or such other sum not less than three thousand dollars nor more
than twenty-six thousand dollars beginning July first, two thousand six,
twenty-seven  thousand dollars beginning July first, two thousand seven,
twenty-eight thousand dollars beginning July first, two thousand  eight,
twenty-nine  thousand  dollars  beginning July first, two thousand nine,
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS BEGINNING JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN,  and
in  a  city  with  a  population  of  one million or more fifty thousand
dollars beginning July first, two thousand seventeen, as may be provided
by the local law, ordinance  or  resolution  adopted  pursuant  to  this
section.  Income  tax  year shall mean the twelve month period for which
the owner or owners filed a federal personal income tax return, or if no
such return is filed, the calendar year. Where title is vested in either
the husband or the wife, their combined income may not exceed such  sum,
except  where  the  husband  or wife, or ex-husband or ex-wife is absent
from the property as provided in subparagraph (ii) of paragraph  (d)  of
this subdivision, then only the income of the spouse or ex-spouse resid-
ing  on  the  property  shall be considered and may not exceed such sum.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

Co-Sponsors

view additional co-sponsors

S5557A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3149
Current Committee:
Assembly Aging
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§467 & 459-c, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7859, A10335
2017-2018: S772, A10297
2021-2022: S3085, A3956

S5557A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the amount of income property owners may earn for the purpose of eligibility for the property tax exemption for persons sixty-five years of age or over and for persons with disabilities and limited income.

S5557A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S5557A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 5557--A

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               May 7, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. STEWART-COUSINS, BIAGGI, CARLUCCI, KAPLAN, LIU, MAY
  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
  the Committee on Aging -- recommitted to the  Committee  on  Aging  in
  accordance  with  Senate  Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
  amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
  tee

AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to increasing the
  amount of income property owners may earn for the purpose of eligibil-
  ity for the property tax exemption for persons sixty-five years of age
  or over and for persons with disabilities and limited income

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 467 of  the  real
property  tax  law, as separately amended by chapters 131 and 279 of the
laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
  (a) if the income of the owner or the combined income of the owners of
the property for the income tax year immediately preceding the  date  of
making  application  for  exemption  exceeds  the  sum of three thousand
dollars, or such other sum not less than three thousand dollars nor more
than twenty-six thousand dollars beginning July first, two thousand six,
twenty-seven thousand dollars beginning July first, two thousand  seven,
twenty-eight  thousand dollars beginning July first, two thousand eight,
twenty-nine thousand dollars beginning July first,  two  thousand  nine,
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS BEGINNING JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, and in
a  city  with a population of one million or more fifty thousand dollars
beginning July first, two thousand seventeen, as may be provided by  the
local  law,  ordinance  or  resolution adopted pursuant to this section.
Income tax year shall mean the twelve month period for which  the  owner
or  owners  filed  a  federal  personal income tax return, or if no such
return is filed, the calendar year. Where title is vested in either  the
husband  or  the  wife,  their  combined income may not exceed such sum,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.