Assembly Bill A1621

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to raising the income cap for senior citizens applying for the enhanced STAR property tax exemption

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

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2015-A1621 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Real Property Taxation
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง425, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7793
2017-2018: A5853
2019-2020: A4804
2021-2022: A5353
2023-2024: A2769
2025-2026: A2383

2015-A1621 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to raising the income cap for senior citizens applying for the enhanced STAR property tax exemption.

2015-A1621 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1621

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 12, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GARBARINO, BORELLI, FINCH, JAFFEE, HAWLEY, GRAF,
  RAIA,  DiPIETRO,  CROUCH,  WALTER,  RA,  MONTESANO,  ROZIC,   PALUMBO,
  GOODELL,  CORWIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BLANKENBUSH, BROOK-
  KRASNY, CERETTO, COOK, LOPEZ, McKEVITT, SALADINO, SIMANOWITZ,  SKARTA-
  DOS, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Real Proper-
  ty Taxation

AN  ACT  to  amend the real property tax law, in relation to raising the
  income cap for senior citizens applying for the enhanced STAR property
  tax exemption

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

  Section  1.  Subparagraph  (i)  of  paragraph  (b) of subdivision 4 of
section 425 of the real property tax law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
clause (B-1) to read as follows:
  (B-1)  FOR  FINAL  ASSESSMENT  ROLLS  TO  BE COMPLETED IN TWO THOUSAND
SIXTEEN, ELIGIBILITY FOR THE EXEMPTION SHALL BE BASED  UPON  INCOME  FOR
THE INCOME TAX YEAR IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE OF MAKING APPLICATION
FOR THE EXEMPTION, AND THE INCOME STANDARD SHALL BE ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all tax
years commencing on or after it shall have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04203-01-5

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