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Senate Bill S8783

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Makes technical corrections relating to authorizing the Bedford Hills Fire District to file an application for exemption from school and real property taxes

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2025-S8783 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9468
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Real Property Taxation
Laws Affected:
Amd §1, Chap of 2025 (as proposed in S.4043 & A.46)
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A10722

2025-S8783 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes technical corrections relating to authorizing the Bedford Hills Fire District to file an application for exemption from school and real property taxes for the 2022-2023 assessment years.

2025-S8783 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8783 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8783
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 8, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of 2025  relating  to  authorizing
   the  Bedford  Hills Fire District to file an application for exemption
   from school taxes and real property taxes, as proposed in  legislative
   bills  numbers  S.  4043  and  A.  46, in relation to making technical
   corrections thereto
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  1  of  a chapter of the laws of 2025 relating to
 authorizing the Bedford Hills Fire District to file an  application  for
 exemption  from  school  taxes  and  real property taxes, as proposed in
 legislative bills numbers S. 4043 and A.  46,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
 the  assessor  of  the town of Bedford, county of Westchester, is hereby
 authorized to accept from the Bedford Hills Fire District,  an  applica-
 tion for exemption from school taxes and real property taxes pursuant to
 section  [464]  410  of  the  real  property tax law with respect to the
 2022-2023 assessment roll, for the parcels owned by  such  organization,
 with  such  parcels  being  located  at 352 Bedford Road, in the town of
 Bedford, county of Westchester, otherwise known  as  Westchester  county
 tax map, section 60.14, block 5, lot 83.
   If  accepted,  the  application  shall  be  reviewed as if it had been
 received on or before the taxable status date established for such roll.
 If satisfied that such 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 Bedford governing board, may grant exemption from  all  taxation
 and  make appropriate corrections to the subject roll. If such exemption
 is granted and such organization therefore shall have paid any tax  with
 respect  to  the  subject  roll,  the  applicable  governing body or tax
 department may, in its sole discretion, provide for the  refund  of  the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00037-04-6

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