Senate Bill S8773

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to a village real property tax exemption for volunteer peace officers

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S8773 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §466, RPT L

2023-S8773 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits a village to adopt an exemption from taxation for real property owned by a volunteer peace officer to the extent of five hundred dollars.

2023-S8773 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8773 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8773
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 11, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law,  in  relation  to  a  village
   property tax exemption for certain peace officers
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 466 of the real property tax  law,  as  amended  by
 chapter 476 of 2018, is amended to real as follows:
   §  466.  Volunteer  firefighters,  VOLUNTEER  PEACE  OFFICERS and fire
 companies in villages. Upon the adoption of a  proposition  therefor  by
 the  qualified  voters of a village, the real property owned by a volun-
 teer member of the village fire department, A  VOLUNTEER  PEACE  OFFICER
 and the real property owned by any volunteer fire company in the village
 shall be exempt from taxation for village purposes to the extent of five
 hundred dollars in addition to any other exemption authorized by 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 and  shall  apply   to
 taxable status dates occurring on or after such date.
 
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14634-01-4

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