Senate Bill S803

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes a town with a population between 69,000 and 69,500 to enact a homestead exemption

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2025-S803 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2436
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Real Property Taxation
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1 & 2, Chap of 2024 (as proposed in S.2094-A & A.3872-A)

2025-S803 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes a town with a population between 69,000 and 69,500 as of the 2020 decennial census to enact a homestead exemption.

2025-S803 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S803 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    803
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. PALUMBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of 2024 authorizing  the  town  of
   Southampton,  county  of  Suffolk, to enact by a local law a homestead
   exemption, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 2094-A  and  A.
   3872-A,  in  relation  to authorizing a town with a population between
   69,000 and 69,500 to enact a homestead exemption by a local law and in
   relation to the effectiveness thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 1 of a chapter of the laws of 2024 authorizing the
 town of Southampton, county of Suffolk, to enact by a local law a  home-
 stead  exemption, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 2094-A and
 A. 3872-A, is amended to read as follows:
   Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, [the]
 A town [of Southampton, county of Suffolk]  WITH  A  POPULATION  BETWEEN
 69,000 AND 69,500 AS OF THE 2020 DECENNIAL CENSUS may enact by local law
 a homestead exemption from real property [taxation] TAXES LEVIED BY SUCH
 TOWN  as provided herein. Eligibility for such homestead exemption shall
 be the same as for the basic school tax relief (STAR) exemption pursuant
 to subdivision 3 of section 425  of  the  real  property  tax  law.  The
 exemption  shall be uniform for all eligible real property and shall not
 exceed $50,000 in full [assessed] value.  THE EXEMPTION SHALL BE GRANTED
 ONLY UPON  APPLICATION  BY  THE  OWNER  OF  SUCH  BUILDING,  ON  A  FORM
 PRESCRIBED  BY  THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, FILED WITH THE
 TOWN ASSESSOR ON OR BEFORE THE TAXABLE STATUS DATE OF SUCH TOWN.
   § 2. Section 2 of a chapter of the laws of 2024 authorizing  the  town
 of  Southampton,  county of Suffolk, to enact by a local law a homestead
 exemption, as proposed in legislative bills numbers  S.  2094-A  and  A.
 3872-A, is amended to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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