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Senate Bill S10251

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes Godschild Outreach Ministries to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status

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2025-S10251 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9036
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Real Property Taxation

2025-S10251 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes Godschild Outreach Ministries to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status in the town of Babylon, county of Suffolk.

2025-S10251 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S10251 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10251
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 8, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. MARTINEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT in relation  to  authorizing  Godschild  Outreach  Ministries  to
   receive retroactive real property tax exempt status
 
   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  Babylon,  county  of  Suffolk,  is  hereby
 authorized to accept from Godschild  Outreach Ministries, a not-for-pro-
 fit  organization, an application for exemption from real property taxes
 pursuant to section 420-a of the real property tax law with  respect  to
 the  2023-2024,  2024-2025,  and 2025-2026 assessment rolls, for general
 taxes and school taxes for the parcels conveyed  to  such  organization,
 with  such  parcels  being  located  in the hamlet of Wyandanch, town of
 Babylon, county of Suffolk, at 142 Irving  Avenue,  otherwise  known  as
 Suffolk  county  tax  map district 0100, section 58.00, block 03.00, lot
 080.00.
   If accepted, such application shall be reviewed  as  if  it  had  been
 received  on  or  before  the  taxable  status date established for such
 rolls. If satisfied that such non-profit 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 town of Babylon town board, may grant exemption from all
 taxation and make appropriate corrections to the subject rolls. If  such
 exemption is granted and such organization therefore shall have paid any
 tax  with respect to the subject rolls, 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.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13389-04-6

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