Senate Bill S777

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Allows municipalities to accept retroactive applications for real property tax exemptions from certain veterans

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee


  • 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-S777 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§458, 458-a & 458-b, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S2201
2019-2020: S3534

2017-S777 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows municipalities to accept retroactive applications for real property tax exemptions from certain veterans.

2017-S777 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S777 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    777
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
   ty and Military Affairs
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to allowing muni-
   cipalities to accept retroactive applications for  real  property  tax
   exemptions from certain veterans

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 458 of the real property  tax  law
 is amended by adding a new paragraph 6 to read as follows:
   (6)  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SECTION  OR ANY OTHER
 PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, EACH COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE MAY
 ADOPT A LOCAL LAW ALLOWING THE ASSESSOR TO ACCEPT  RETROACTIVE  APPLICA-
 TIONS  FOR  THE  EXEMPTION SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION FROM ANY VETERAN TO
 WHOM AN EXEMPTION HAS ALREADY BEEN GRANTED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
 THIS SECTION AND WHOSE SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY RATING HAS  CHANGED;
 PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  SUCH  APPLICATIONS  MAY  ONLY BE ACCEPTED FOR
 ASSESSMENT ROLLS PREPARED ON THE BASIS OF TAXABLE STATUS DATES OCCURRING
 NO MORE THAN FIVE YEARS PRECEDING THE DATE OF SUCH APPLICATION.
   § 2. Section 458-a of the real property tax law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 3-b to read as follows:
   3-B. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SECTION  OR  ANY  OTHER
 PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, EACH COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE MAY
 ADOPT  A  LOCAL LAW ALLOWING THE ASSESSOR TO ACCEPT RETROACTIVE APPLICA-
 TIONS FOR THE EXEMPTION SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION FROM  ANY  VETERAN  TO
 WHOM AN EXEMPTION HAS ALREADY BEEN GRANTED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
 THIS  SECTION AND WHOSE SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY RATING HAS CHANGED;
 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH  APPLICATIONS  MAY  ONLY  BE  ACCEPTED  FOR
 ASSESSMENT ROLLS PREPARED ON THE BASIS OF TAXABLE STATUS DATES OCCURRING
 NO MORE THAN FIVE YEARS PRECEDING THE DATE OF SUCH APPLICATION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01953-01-7
              

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