Bill Text: NY A07560 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Authorizes the assessor of the town of Smithtown, to accept from the Monastery of the Glorious Ascension Inc., an application for exemption from real property taxes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-11-20 - signed chap.506 [A07560 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A07560-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7560--B 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 9, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. FITZPATRICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Real Property Taxation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT in relation to authorizing the assessor of the town of Smithtown, county of Suffolk, to accept from the Monastery of the Glorious Ascen- sion Inc., an application for exemption from real property taxes The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 2 the assessor of the town of Smithtown, county of Suffolk, is hereby 3 authorized to accept from the Monastery of the Glorious Ascension Inc., 4 an application for exemption from real property taxes pursuant to 5 section 420-a of the real property tax law, with respect to the 2018 and 6 2019 assessment rolls, for the parcels owned by such organization, with 7 such parcels being located at 481 North Country Road, in the town of 8 Smithtown, county of Suffolk, otherwise known as Suffolk county tax map 9 section 7 block 3 lots 29.1 and 37. If accepted, the application shall 10 be reviewed as if it had been received on or before the taxable status 11 date established for such rolls. 12 If satisfied that such organization would otherwise be entitled to 13 such exemption if such organization had filed an application for 14 exemption by the appropriate taxable status date, the assessor, upon 15 approval by the Suffolk county legislature, may make appropriate 16 correction to the subject rolls. If such exemption is granted and such 17 organization, therefore, shall have paid any tax with respect to the 18 subject rolls, the applicable governing body or tax department may, in 19 its sole discretion, provide for the refund of those taxes paid and 20 cancel those taxes, fines, penalties, liens or interest remaining 21 unpaid. 22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11502-06-9