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Senate Bill S8782

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the application period for a real property tax exemption for surviving spouses of police officers killed in the line of duty

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2025-S8782 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9458
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §471, RPT L (as proposed in S.683-A & A.3729)
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A10279

2025-S8782 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that an application for a real property tax exemption for surviving spouses of police officers killed in the line of duty be filed with the assessor on or before the taxable status date.

2025-S8782 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8782 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8782
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 8, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. MARTINEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to establishing a
   real property tax exemption for surviving spouses of  police  officers
   killed in the line of duty
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 471 of the real property tax law,  as  added  by  a
 chapter  of the laws of 2025 amending the real property tax law relating
 to establishing a real property tax exemption for surviving  spouses  of
 police  officers  killed in the line of duty, as proposed in legislative
 bills numbers S. 683-a and A. 3729, is amended by adding a new  subdivi-
 sion 6 to read as follows:
   6.  APPLICATION FOR SUCH EXEMPTION SHALL BE FILED WITH THE ASSESSOR ON
 OR BEFORE THE TAXABLE STATUS DATE ON A FORM PRESCRIBED  BY  THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER.
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2025, amending the real property  tax
 law relating to establishing a real property tax exemption for surviving
 spouses  of  police  officers killed in the line of duty, as proposed in
 legislative bills numbers S. 683-a and A. 3729, takes effect.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02742-05-6

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