Bill Text: NY A06850 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Grants a tax deferment for persons sixty-five years of age or over who own and occupy real property in a city having a population of one million or more persons.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to aging [A06850 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A06850-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6850 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 21, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WILLIAMS -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Aging AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to granting a tax deferment for persons sixty-five years of age or older who reside in a city having a population of one million or more persons The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The real property tax law is amended by adding a new 2 section 467-l to read as follows: 3 § 467-l. Deferral of real property tax for persons sixty-five years of 4 age or older residing in a city having a population of one million or 5 more persons. 1. (a) Any city of one million or more persons may, by 6 local law, grant a tax deferment for real property owned and occupied by 7 one or more persons, each of whom is sixty-five years of age or older, 8 or real property owned and occupied by husband and wife or by siblings, 9 one of whom is sixty-five years of age or older. For purposes of this 10 section, "sibling" shall mean a brother or a sister, whether related 11 through half blood, whole blood or adoption. 12 (b) Application for such deferment shall be made annually by the owner 13 or owners of such real property. No application for such deferment shall 14 be granted to any owner with a total income exceeding fifty-eight thou- 15 sand four hundred dollars. For purposes of this section, "income" shall 16 mean the gross income of the owner or owners of such property for the 17 income tax year immediately preceding the date of application for such 18 deferment and shall include social security and retirement benefits, 19 interest, dividends, total gain from the sale or exchange of a capital 20 asset which may be offset by a loss from the sale or exchange of a capi- 21 tal asset in the same income tax year, net rental income, earned income 22 from salary or earnings and net income from self-employment, but shall 23 not include a return of capital, gifts or inheritances. The age of each 24 owner of such property shall be the age of such person at the commence- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00915-01-9A. 6850 2 1 ment of the city's fiscal year for which an application for tax defer- 2 ment is made. 3 2. Such deferment shall equal the total per centum of the deferment 4 base. For purposes of this section, "deferment base" shall mean the 5 increase in real property tax attributable to the increase in the 6 assessed value of such property from the tax year immediately preceding 7 the year in which such person reached the age of sixty-five years to the 8 tax year for which an application for tax deferment is made. 9 3. The amount of taxes deferred shall accrue against such person, 10 without interest, and shall, on the date such deferment is granted, 11 constitute a lien against such property in favor of the appropriate 12 municipal corporation. The owner or owners of such property, having 13 received such deferment pursuant to this section, may, at any time, 14 terminate the deferment and remove the resultant lien on said property 15 by paying in full the cumulative amount of such lien. 16 4. A tax deferment granted to a husband and wife pursuant to this 17 section, once granted, shall not be rescinded solely because of the 18 death of the older spouse so long as the surviving spouse is at least 19 sixty-two years of age. In the event that the surviving spouse is less 20 than sixty-two years of age, such surviving spouse shall be eligible for 21 the tax deferment upon reaching sixty-two years of age provided all 22 other eligibility requirements are met. 23 5. Any person who has already attained the age of sixty-five years or 24 older is eligible for such deferral and shall be entitled to a tax 25 deferment based on the tax year immediately preceding the effective date 26 of this section. 27 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 28 it shall have become a law.
