Senate Bill S6251A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Directs the department of taxation and finance to provide notice to a property owner who is a veteran or a veteran's spouse when a school district grants a school tax exemption or abatement for veterans

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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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2021-S6251 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1310, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S6901
2019-2020: S1169

2021-S6251 - Summary

Directs the department of taxation and finance to provide notice to a property owner who is a veteran or who is the spouse or unmarried surviving spouse of a veteran when a school district grants a school tax exemption or abatement for veterans and provide direction on how to apply for such exemption or abatement.

2021-S6251 - Sponsor Memo

2021-S6251 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6251
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. JORDAN, GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on  Veterans,  Home-
   land Security and Military Affairs
 
 AN  ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to directing the
   department of taxation and  finance  to  provide  notice  to  property
   owners who are veterans when the school district, in which their prop-
   erty is situate, elects to provide a real property exemption or abate-
   ment to veterans
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The real property tax  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 1310 to read as follows:
   §  1310.  NOTICE  OF AVAILABILITY OF SCHOOL TAX EXEMPTION OR ABATEMENT
 FOR PROPERTY OWNED BY A VETERAN. 1. ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT WHICH, BY RESOL-
 UTION, ELECTS TO GRANT A SCHOOL TAX EXEMPTION OR ABATEMENT TO REAL PROP-
 ERTY OWNED BY A VETERAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY PROVISION OF ARTICLE FOUR
 OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL, WITHIN TEN  DAYS  OF  ADOPTING  SUCH  RESOLUTION,
 PROVIDE NOTICE THEREOF TO THE DEPARTMENT.
   2.  UPON RECEIPT OF A NOTICE OF THE GRANTING OF A SCHOOL TAX EXEMPTION
 OR ABATEMENT FOR REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY A VETERAN, THE DEPARTMENT  SHALL
 COMPILE  A  LIST OF ALL REAL PROPERTY OWNERS, WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
 PROVIDING SUCH NOTICE, WHO ARE VETERANS RECEIVING A  REAL  PROPERTY  TAX
 EXEMPTION  OR  ABATEMENT  FROM  ANY OTHER REAL PROPERTY TAXING AUTHORITY
 PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER WHICH APPLIES TO THE REAL PROP-
 ERTY WITHIN SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT.
   3. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL, BY FIRST-CLASS MAIL, PROVIDE, TO EACH PROPER-
 TY OWNER WHO IS A VETERAN ON THE LIST COMPILED PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION
 TWO  OF  THIS  SECTION,  NOTICE  OF  THE  AVAILABILITY  OF  A SCHOOL TAX
 EXEMPTION OR ABATEMENT, AND THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS, IF ANY, THAT THE PROP-
 ERTY OWNER MUST TAKE IN ORDER TO BE GRANTED THE SCHOOL TAX EXEMPTION  OR
 ABATEMENT.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
              

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2021-S6251A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1310, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S6901
2019-2020: S1169

2021-S6251A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the department of taxation and finance to provide notice to a property owner who is a veteran or who is the spouse or unmarried surviving spouse of a veteran when a school district grants a school tax exemption or abatement for veterans and provide direction on how to apply for such exemption or abatement.

2021-S6251A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S6251A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6251--A
     Cal. No. 968
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. JORDAN, GALLIVAN, MARTUCCI -- read twice and ordered
   printed,  and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Veter-
   ans, Homeland Security and Military  Affairs  --  recommitted  to  the
   Committee  on  Veterans,  Homeland  Security  and  Military Affairs in
   accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from  said
   committee,  ordered  to first report, amended on first report, ordered
   to a second report and ordered reprinted, retaining its place  in  the
   order of second report
 
 AN  ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to directing the
   department of taxation and finance to provide  notice  to  a  property
   owner  who  is a veteran or who is the spouse or unremarried surviving
   spouse of a veteran when the school district, in which their  property
   is  situate,  elects to provide a real property exemption or abatement
   to veterans
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  real  property  tax  law  is amended by adding a new
 section 1310 to read as follows:
   § 1310. NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF SCHOOL TAX  EXEMPTION  OR  ABATEMENT
 FOR  PROPERTY OWNED BY A VETERAN OR BY THE SPOUSE OR UNREMARRIED SURVIV-
 ING SPOUSE OF SUCH VETERAN.   1. ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT  WHICH,  BY  RESOL-
 UTION, ELECTS TO GRANT A SCHOOL TAX EXEMPTION OR ABATEMENT TO REAL PROP-
 ERTY OWNED BY A VETERAN OR THE SPOUSE OR UNREMARRIED SURVIVING SPOUSE OF
 SUCH  VETERAN  IN  ACCORDANCE WITH ANY PROVISION OF ARTICLE FOUR OF THIS
 CHAPTER SHALL, WITHIN TEN DAYS  OF  ADOPTING  SUCH  RESOLUTION,  PROVIDE
 NOTICE THEREOF TO THE DEPARTMENT AND ANY PERTINENT LOCAL ASSESSOR.
   2.  UPON RECEIPT OF A NOTICE OF THE GRANTING OF A SCHOOL TAX EXEMPTION
 OR ABATEMENT FOR REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY A VETERAN OR THE SPOUSE  OR  THE
 UNREMARRIED  SURVIVING SPOUSE OF A VETERAN, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COMPILE
 A LIST OF ALL REAL PROPERTY OWNERS, WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PROVIDING
 SUCH NOTICE, WHO ARE VETERANS, SPOUSES OR UNREMARRIED SURVIVING  SPOUSES
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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