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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Feb 25, 2009 |
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Senate Bill S2641
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2009-S2641 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-S2641 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2641 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the real property tax law, in relation to school tax relief program (STAR) savings calculation PURPOSE OF THE BILL : To give equal STAR relief to homeowners who pay their school taxes in part through sales tax revenue SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : This bill amends subdivision 2 of section 1306-a of the Real Property Tax Law by adding a new section (b) which provides that STAR tax savings shall be calculated to include any sales tax revenue shared by a county with a school district. Any such sales tax revenue shall be added to each residential tax parcel eligible for STAR exemption in its pro rata percentage as an additional tax levy, prior to calculating the STAR tax savings. The first sentence of existing subdivision 2 is lettered as (a) and the second sentence in existing subdivision 2 is lettered as (c). JUSTIFICATION : There are currently five counties that share sales tax revenues with their school districts. In effect, each resident is paying part of his or her school taxes through sales taxes. Current STAR law considers
2009-S2641 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2641 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 25, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sens. RANZENHOFER, ALESI, DeFRANCISCO, MAZIARZ, ROBACH, VOLKER -- 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 school tax relief program (STAR) savings calculation THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 1306-a of the real property tax law, as added by section 16 of part B of chapter 389 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows: 2. Tax savings. (A) The tax savings for each parcel receiving the exemption authorized by section four hundred twenty-five of this chapter shall be computed by subtracting the amount actually levied against the parcel from the amount that would have been levied if not for the exemption. (B) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, TAX SAVINGS SHALL BE CALCULATED TO INCLUDE ANY SALES TAX REVENUE SHARED BY A COUNTY WITH A SCHOOL DISTRICT. SUCH SALES TAX REVENUE SHALL BE ADDED ON A PRO RATA BASIS EQUAL TO THE PERCENTAGE THAT EACH PARCEL RECEIVING AN EXEMPTION IS TO THE ENTIRE TAX LEVY, AS AN ADDITIONAL TAX LEVY, PRIOR TO CALCULATING THE SAVINGS. (C) A statement shall then be placed on the tax bill for the parcel in substantially the following form: "Your tax savings this year resulting from the New York state school tax relief (STAR) program is $_______." S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to real property taxes levied for fiscal years commencing on and after January 1, 2010. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07403-01-9
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