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

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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-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

2019-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.

2019-S5557 - Sponsor Memo

2019-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.
              

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2019-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

2019-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.

2019-S5557A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-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.
              

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