Senate Bill S9018A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides for a tax exemption on real property owned by members of volunteer fire companies or voluntary ambulance services in a certain county

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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-S9018 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §466-c, RPT L

2021-S9018 - Summary

Provides a tax exemption on real property owned by members of volunteer fire companies or voluntary ambulance services in counties with a population of more than 290,000 but less than 300,000.

2021-S9018 - Sponsor Memo

2021-S9018 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9018
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 4, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  SERINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation  to  providing  a
   tax  exemption  on  real  property  owned by members of volunteer fire
   companies or voluntary ambulance services in a certain county

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  466-c  of the real property tax law, as added by
 chapter 435 of the laws of 2002, subdivision 4  as  further  amended  by
 subdivision  (b)  of  section  1  of part W of chapter 56 of the laws of
 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   § 466-c.  Volunteer  firefighters  and  volunteer  ambulance  workers;
 certain  county.  1.  Real  property  owned  by an enrolled member of an
 incorporated volunteer fire company,  fire  department  or  incorporated
 voluntary  ambulance service or such enrolled member and spouse residing
 in any county having a population of  more  than  two  hundred  [eighty]
 NINETY  thousand  inhabitants but less than [two] THREE hundred [eighty]
 thousand [two hundred] inhabitants, [determined in accordance  with  the
 latest  decennial  federal  census]  BASED  UPON AND RECORDED BY THE TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY FEDERAL CENSUS, shall be exempt  from  taxation  to  the
 extent  of  ten percent of the assessed value of such property for city,
 village, town,  part  town,  special  district,  SCHOOL  DISTRICT,  FIRE
 DISTRICT  or county purposes, exclusive of special assessments, provided
 that the governing body of a city, village, town, SCHOOL DISTRICT,  FIRE
 DISTRICT  or  county,  after a public hearing, adopts a local law, ordi-
 nance or resolution providing therefor[; provided further, however, that
 such exemption shall in no event exceed three  thousand  dollars  multi-
 plied  by  the  latest state equalization rate for the assessing unit in
 which such real property is located].
   2. Such exemption shall not be granted to an  enrolled  member  of  an
 incorporated  volunteer  fire  company,  fire department or incorporated
 voluntary ambulance service residing in such county unless:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15536-01-2
 S. 9018                             2
              

2021-S9018A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §466-c, RPT L

2021-S9018A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides a tax exemption on real property owned by members of volunteer fire companies or voluntary ambulance services in counties with a population of more than 290,000 but less than 300,000.

2021-S9018A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S9018A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9018--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 4, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  SERINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Local  Government  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation  to  providing  a
   tax  exemption  on  real  property  owned by members of volunteer fire
   companies or voluntary ambulance services in a certain county
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  466-c  of the real property tax law, as added by
 chapter 435 of the laws of 2002, subdivision 4  as  further  amended  by
 subdivision  (b)  of  section  1  of part W of chapter 56 of the laws of
 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   § 466-c.  Volunteer  firefighters  and  volunteer  ambulance  workers;
 certain  county.  1.  Real  property  owned  by an enrolled member of an
 incorporated volunteer fire company,  fire  department  or  incorporated
 voluntary  ambulance service or such enrolled member and spouse residing
 in any county having a population of  more  than  two  hundred  [eighty]
 NINETY  thousand  inhabitants but less than [two] THREE hundred [eighty]
 thousand [two hundred] inhabitants, determined in  accordance  with  the
 latest  decennial  federal  census, shall be exempt from taxation to the
 extent of ten percent of the assessed value of such property  for  city,
 village,  town,  part  town,  special  district,  SCHOOL  DISTRICT, FIRE
 DISTRICT or county purposes, exclusive of special assessments,  provided
 that  the governing body of a city, village, town, SCHOOL DISTRICT, FIRE
 DISTRICT or county, after a public hearing, adopts a  local  law,  ordi-
 nance or resolution providing therefor[; provided further, however, that
 such  exemption  shall  in no event exceed three thousand dollars multi-
 plied by the latest state equalization rate for the  assessing  unit  in
 which such real property is located].
   2.  Such  exemption  shall  not be granted to an enrolled member of an
 incorporated volunteer fire company,  fire  department  or  incorporated
 voluntary ambulance service residing in such county unless:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15536-03-2
              

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