Assembly Bill A8879

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides that real property owned by clergy shall be exempt from real property taxes to the extent of fifteen hundred dollars and local law or resolution may provide a twenty percent 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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2017-A8879 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Real Property Taxation
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §460, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A997
2011-2012: A7410
2013-2014: A7451
2015-2016: A7065

2017-A8879 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that real property owned by clergy shall be exempt from real property taxes to the extent of fifteen hundred dollars, provided that local laws and a resolution adopted by a school district may provide that the exemption granted shall be twenty percent of the assessed value of such real property.

2017-A8879 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8879
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 22, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Real Property Taxation
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to the real prop-
   erty tax exemption for clergy
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 460 of the real property tax  law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  261 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (1) Real property owned by a minister of the gospel, priest  or  rabbi
 of  any  denomination,  an actual resident and inhabitant of this state,
 who is engaged in the work assigned by the  church  or  denomination  of
 which  he  or she is a member, or who is unable to perform such work due
 to impaired health or is over seventy years of age,  and  real  property
 owned  by  his or her unremarried surviving spouse while an actual resi-
 dent and inhabitant of this state, shall be exempt from taxation to  the
 extent  of  fifteen hundred dollars, PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT 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  PROVIDE  THAT  THE
 EXEMPTION  GRANTED  PURSUANT  TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE TWENTY PERCENT OF
 THE ASSESSED VALUE OF SUCH REAL PROPERTY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13829-01-7

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