Senate Bill S2888

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Allows a property owned by at least one owner who is at least 65 years old or older to be eligible for an enhanced STAR exemption

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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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2015-S2888 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Aging
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง425, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S6859
2013-2014: S275
2017-2018: S4993

2015-S2888 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows a property owned by at least one owner who is at least 65 years old or older to be eligible for an enhanced STAR exemption.

2015-S2888 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S2888 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2888

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 30, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  LARKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging

AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in  relation  to  allowing  a
  property to be eligible for an enhanced STAR exemption if at least one
  owner is at least 65 years old

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

  Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of  paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  4  of
section  425  of  the  real property tax law, as amended by section 2 of
part E of chapter 83 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
  (i) [All] AT LEAST ONE of the owners must be at least sixty-five years
of age or older as of the date specified herein[,  or  in  the  case  of
property  owned  by  husband  and wife or by siblings, one of the owners
must be at least sixty-five years of age as of that date] and the  prop-
erty  must  serve  as  the  primary residence of that owner. For the two
thousand--two thousand one school year, eligibility  for  the  exemption
shall  be  based upon age as of December thirty-first, two thousand. For
each subsequent school year, the applicable date shall  be  advanced  by
one year.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04550-01-5

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