S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
May 16, 2024
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Williams,
Slater) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Real Property
Taxation
AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to allowing
localities to grant an exemption from real property taxation for child
day cares
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 439 to read as follows:
§ 439. EXEMPTION FOR CHILD DAY CARES. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER
PROVISION OF LAW, REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY A CORPORATION OR INDIVIDUAL FOR
THE PURPOSE OF OPERATING A LICENSED CHILD DAY CARE SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM
TAXATION TO THE EXTENT OF FIFTY PER CENTUM OF THE ASSESSED VALUATION
THEREOF, AFTER A LOCAL LEGISLATIVE BODY OF A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN, OR
VILLAGE PASSES A LOCAL LAW, OR THE GOVERNING BOARD OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT
PASSES A RESOLUTION, PROVIDING FOR SUCH EXEMPTION.
2. THE LOCAL LEGISLATIVE BODY OF A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN, OR VILLAGE, OR
THE GOVERNING BOARD OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT, WITHIN SUCH LOCAL LAW OR
RESOLUTION OUTLINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION MAY REDUCE THE
EXEMPTION PERCENTAGE DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
3. IF, DURING THE TERM OF AN EXEMPTION GRANTED PURSUANT TO THIS
SECTION, A CHILD DAY CARE CEASES TO BE USED FOR ELIGIBLE PURPOSES, SUCH
EXEMPTION SHALL CEASE.
4. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "CHILD DAY CARE" SHALL
HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED BY SECTION THREE HUNDRED NINETY OF THE
SOCIAL SERVICES LAW.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15668-01-4