Assembly Bill A1249

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Authorizes the abatement of municipal and school real property taxes in certain cases of catastrophic loss and establishes procedures therefor

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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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2011-A1249 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Real Property Taxation
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 5 Title 2-A ยงยง548 - 548-c, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6370
2013-2014: A339
2015-2016: A2606
2017-2018: A1600
2019-2020: A1699
2021-2022: A5715
2023-2024: A2016

2011-A1249 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the abatement of real property taxes in certain cases of catastrophic loss and establishes procedures therefor; limits eligibility to one, two, or three family houses; applies to all municipal and school taxes.

2011-A1249 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  1249

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. HAWLEY, GIGLIO, BURLING, KOLB, MOLINARO, CROUCH,
  McDONOUGH, McKEVITT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY --  read
  once and referred to the Committee on Real Property Taxation

AN  ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to the abatement
  of taxes in certain cases of catastrophic loss

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

  Section 1. Article 5 of the real property tax law is amended by adding
a new title 2-A to read as follows:
                                TITLE 2-A
           ABATEMENT OF TAXES IN THE CASE OF CATASTROPHIC LOSS
SECTION 548.   APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS.
        548-A. DEFINITIONS.
        548-B. CATASTROPHIC LOSS TAX ABATEMENT PROCEDURE.
        548-C. COORDINATION WITH SCHOOL AND VILLAGE TAX LEVIES.
  S  548.  APPLICABILITY  OF  OTHER PROVISIONS. THE PROVISIONS OF TITLES
ONE-A AND THREE OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL APPLY TO  THIS  TITLE  INSOFAR  AS
THEY  ARE  NOT  INCONSISTENT  WITH  THE  PROVISIONS AND PURPOSES OF THIS
TITLE, WHICH SHALL SUPERSEDE ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF  SUCH  TITLES
ONE-A  AND  THREE.  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS TITLE SHALL APPLY TO TAXES
LEVIED BY ALL MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS ONLY UPON A ONE, TWO OR THREE FAMI-
LY RESIDENCE.
  S 548-A. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE:
  1. A ONE, TWO OR THREE FAMILY RESIDENCE  HAS  UNDERGONE  "CATASTROPHIC
LOSS" WHEN IT IS TOTALLY DESTROYED OR IS SO EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED THAT ALL
DWELLING  UNITS  IN  SUCH  RESIDENCE ARE UNFIT FOR HABITATION AND CANNOT
REASONABLY BE MADE FIT FOR HABITATION WITHIN A  PERIOD  OF  ONE  HUNDRED
EIGHTY DAYS AFTER THE DAMAGE OCCURRED.
  2. "FAMILY RESIDENCE" MEANS AN OWNER-OCCUPIED RESIDENTIAL DWELLING.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03375-01-1
              

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