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Jan 07, 2015 |
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Senate Bill S740
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 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
2015-S740 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S740 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Caps the amount of taxes a senior has to pay on his or her real property at the amount such individual paid in the year in which he or she turned 70; provides that the individual claiming the limitation must be the owner of the property and must reside in the property for at least seventy-five percent of the year.
2015-S740 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S740 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the real property tax law, in relation to the limitation of taxation on certain seniors PURPOSE : Caps the amount of taxes a senior has to pay on his or her real property at the amount such individual paid in the year in which he or she turned 70. SUMMARY OF PROVISION : Amends the real property tax law by adding a new Section 497 to limit taxation on certain seniors; the amount of taxes paid on real property by qualified seniors in subsequent years, including school taxes, shall not exceed the amount paid by such individual in the year in which the senior turns seventy years of age. For purposes of this section, a senior is an individual who is the owner of the subject property and resides at the property for at least 274 days in any given year is at least seventy years of age. EXISTING LAW :
2015-S740 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 740 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- 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 limitation of taxation on certain seniors THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The real property tax law is amended by adding a new section 497 to read as follows: S 497. LIMITATION OF TAXATION ON CERTAIN SENIORS. 1. THE AMOUNT OF TAXES PAID ON REAL PROPERTY BY QUALIFIED SENIORS IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS, INCLUDING SCHOOL TAXES, SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY SUCH INDI- VIDUAL IN THE YEAR IN WHICH HE OR SHE TURNS SEVENTY YEARS OF AGE. 2. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A QUALIFIED SENIOR IS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS: A. THE OWNER OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY; AND B. RESIDES AT THE PROPERTY FOR AT LEAST TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR DAYS IN ANY GIVEN YEAR; AND C. IS AT LEAST SEVENTY YEARS OF AGE. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all real property tax assessments occurring on or after such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01671-01-5
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