Assembly Bill A141

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the preparation of exemption reports for local municipalities

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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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2019-A141 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Real Property Taxation
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §495, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10962
2021-2022: A1032

2019-A141 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Adjusts the format for exemption reports prepared for local municipalities.

2019-A141 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    141
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Real Property Taxation
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the real property tax law, in relation to the prepara-
   tion of exemption reports for local municipalities

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivisions  1 and 2 of section 495 of the real property
 tax law, as added by chapter 258 of the laws of 2008, and subdivision  1
 as  further amended by subdivision (b) of section 1 of part W of chapter
 56 of the laws of 2010, are amended to read as follows:
   1. Whenever a county,  city,  town,  village  or  school  district  is
 required to prepare an annual budget, the official required to prepare a
 tentative  or  preliminary version of that budget shall [annex thereto],
 IN ADDITION, PREPARE an exemption report. This report  shall  be  [on  a
 form  prescribed  by  the  commissioner  and] ORGANIZED IN ACCORD WITH A
 TEMPLATE AND WITHIN CATEGORIES PROVIDED BY THE COMMISSIONER,  SPECIFYING
 GROUPS  OF PERSONS OR INSTITUTIONS BENEFITED BY ANY EXEMPTION CREATED BY
 STATUTORY OR CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISION, AND SHALL BE LINKED BY  REFERENCE
 TO  RELATED  PROGRAMS OR CATEGORIES IN THE BUDGET OF THE LOCAL JURISDIC-
 TION FOR THAT YEAR. SUCH REPORT shall show [how much of the  total]  THE
 PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF LOCAL CHOICE IN GRANTING THE EXEMPTION, AND SPEC-
 IFY  BY  CATEGORY  AND  IN  TOTAL THE assessed value THAT IS EXEMPT FROM
 TAXATION on the final assessment roll or rolls used  in  that  budgetary
 process  [is  exempt from taxation. This report shall list every type of
 exemption granted, identified by statutory authority, and shall show (a)
 the cumulative impact of each type of exemption expressed  either  as  a
 dollar amount of assessed value or as a percentage of the total assessed
 value  on  the  roll,  (b)], THE PERCENTAGE THAT EACH CATEGORY OF EXEMPT
 PROPERTY COMPRISES OF THE TOTAL ASSESSMENT ROLL, THE NET REVENUE FORGONE
 AS A RESULT OF EACH CATEGORY OF EXEMPTION AND IN TOTAL, AND  THE  EFFECT
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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