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                                  6035--A
     Cal. No. 478
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 30, 2021
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  BROOKS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government -- recom-
   mitted to the Committee on Local Government in accordance with  Senate
   Rule  6,  sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to
   first and second report, ordered to a third reading, passed by  Senate
   and  delivered  to the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored
   to third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining  its  place
   in the order of third reading
 
 AN  ACT in relation to authorizing the Bellmore Fire District to file an
   application for exemption from real property taxes
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
 the  assessor  of  the  town  of  Hempstead, county of Nassau, is hereby
 authorized to accept from the Bellmore Fire District, an application for
 exemption from real property taxes pursuant to section 464 of  the  real
 property  tax law with respect to the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 assessment
 rolls, for a portion of the 2020 general taxes  and  a  portion  of  the
 2020-2021  school taxes, all of the 2021 general taxes, all of the 2021-
 2022 school taxes and all of the 2022 general  taxes,  for  the  parcels
 owned  by  such  organization,  with  such parcels being located at 2800
 Royle Street, in the hamlet of Bellmore, town of  Hempstead,  county  of
 Nassau,  otherwise known as Nassau county tax map district 0100, section
 56, block 344, lots 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78 and 79.
   If accepted, the application shall be  reviewed  as  if  it  had  been
 received on or before the taxable status date established for such roll.
 If  satisfied that such organization would otherwise be entitled to such
 exemption if such organization had filed an application for exemption by
 the appropriate taxable status date, the assessor, upon approval by  the
 Nassau  county  legislature,  may  grant exemption from all taxation and
 make appropriate corrections to the subject roll. If such  exemption  is
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD10722-03-2
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 granted  and  such  organization  therefore shall have paid any tax with
 respect to the subject  roll,  the  applicable  governing  body  or  tax
 department  may,  in  its sole discretion, provide for the refund of the
 taxes  paid,  along  with  any  fines  or penalties paid, and cancel any
 taxes, fines, penalties, interest, or tax liens remaining unpaid.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.