Senate Bill S2663

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides that two owners of real property may qualify for the persons with disabilities and limited incomes exemption if at least one person is disabled

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  • 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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2009-S2663 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3999
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง459-c, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A2580
2013-2014: A6303

2009-S2663 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that two owners of real property may qualify for the persons with disabilities and limited incomes exemption provided that at least one of such persons is disabled.

2009-S2663 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S2663 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2663

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 26, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  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  the  partial
  exemption from real property taxation to persons with disabilities and
  limited incomes

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 459-c of the real
property tax law, as amended by chapter 348 of  the  laws  of  2007,  is
amended to read as follows:
  (a)  Real  property owned by one or more persons with disabilities, or
real property owned by a husband, wife, or both, [or] by siblings OR  BY
ANY  TWO  UNRELATED OR RELATED PERSONS, at least one of whom has a disa-
bility, or real property owned by one or  more  persons,  some  of  whom
qualify  under this section and the others of whom qualify under section
four hundred sixty-seven of this title, and whose income,  as  hereafter
defined,  is  limited by reason of such disability, shall be exempt from
taxation by any municipal corporation in which located to the extent  of
fifty  per  centum  of  the  assessed  valuation  thereof as hereinafter
provided. After a public hearing, the governing board of a county, city,
town or village may adopt a local law and a school district, other  than
a school district subject to article fifty-two of the education law, may
adopt  a  resolution  to grant the exemption authorized pursuant to this
section.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to assess-
ment rolls prepared on the basis of taxable status dates occurring on or
after such effective date.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04098-01-9

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