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Senate Bill S8941

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes Farmingdale First Baptist Church, Inc. to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status

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2025-S8941 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10062
Current Committee:
Assembly Real Property Taxation
Law Section:
Real Property Taxation

2025-S8941 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes Farmingdale First Baptist Church, Inc. to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status with respect to the 2023, 2024, and 2025 assessment rolls.

2025-S8941 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8941 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8941
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 20, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. MARTINEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT authorizing Farmingdale First Baptist  Church,  Inc.  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 Farmingdale First Baptist Church Inc., a not-
 for-profit organization, an application for  exemption  from  real prop-
 erty  taxes pursuant  to  section 420-a of the  real  property  tax  law
 with  respect  to  the  2023,  2024,  and 2025 assessment rolls, for the
 parcels owned by such organization which are located at 51 East  Street,
 in the hamlet of Amityville, town of Babylon, county of  Suffolk, other-
 wise  known  as  Suffolk  county  tax map district 0100, section 099.00,
 block 01.00, lot 014.000.
   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 govern-
 ing 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.
                                                            LBD13954-01-5

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