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Assembly Bill A5122

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to implementing automatic enrollment for the tax abatement program for rent-controlled and rent-regulated property occupied by senior citizens

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2023-A5122 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2470
Current Committee:
Assembly Real Property Taxation
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §467-b, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A8862, S8036
2021-2022: A1475, S5102
2025-2026: A5232, S2220

2023-A5122 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Implements automatic enrollment for the tax abatement program for rent-controlled and rent-regulated property occupied by senior citizens; provides for a check box for a taxpayer to opt-out of data sharing and automatic enrollment on their tax return.

2023-A5122 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5122
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  REYES,  OTIS, EPSTEIN, SIMON, DE LOS SANTOS,
   BORES, KELLES, MITAYNES, CRUZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. TAYLOR
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Real Property Taxation
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation  to  implementing
   automatic enrollment for the tax abatement program for rent-controlled
   and rent-regulated property occupied by senior citizens
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 467-b of the real property tax law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 14 to read as follows:
   14. A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY MUNI-
 CIPALITY  THAT  ADOPTS A LOCAL LAW, RESOLUTION, OR ORDINANCE PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION MAY ADOPT, AFTER PUBLIC HEARING, A LOCAL
 LAW, ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SUPERVISING AGENCY OF  SUCH
 MUNICIPALITY  TO  DEVELOP A PROGRAM TO AUTOMATICALLY ENROLL AND REENROLL
 EVERY HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD, AS DEFINED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF  PARAGRAPH  B
 OF  SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR AN ABATEMENT OF
 TAXES PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION WHO HAS NOT  OPTED  OUT
 OF  SUCH  AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH B
 OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   B. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A SYSTEM TO PROVIDE  A
 SUPERVISING AGENCY WITH THE INFORMATION NECESSARY TO DETERMINE IF A HEAD
 OF  HOUSEHOLD  IS ELIGIBLE FOR A TAX ABATEMENT PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
 THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE A CHECK BOX FOR A TAXPAYER TO OPT-OUT  OF
 DATA  SHARING  AND  AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION ON
 THE INCOME TAX RETURN REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE
 OF THE TAX LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately,
 the  addition,  amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
 sary for the implementation of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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