Bill Text: NY A11718 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to real property tax exemptions for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers in certain counties; eliminates renewal application requirement under certain circumstances.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-10-13 - referred to real property taxation [A11718 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A11718-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         11718
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   October 13, 2010
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       Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Sweeney) --
         read once and referred to the Committee on Real Property Taxation
       AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to real  property
         tax  exemptions  for  volunteer  firefighters  and volunteer ambulance
         workers in certain counties
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  4  of section 466-c of the real property tax
    2  law, as added by chapter 450 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read  as
    3  follows:
    4    4.  Application for such exemption shall be filed with the assessor or
    5  other agency, department or office designated by the municipality offer-
    6  ing such exemption on or before the taxable status date  on  a  form  as
    7  prescribed  by  the  state  board.   ONCE GRANTED, THEREAFTER NO RENEWAL
    8  APPLICATION SHALL BE NECESSARY, PROVIDED THAT THE PROPERTY CONTINUES  TO
    9  BE  THE  PRIMARY  RESIDENCE OF THE APPLICANT, AND CONTINUES TO OTHERWISE
   10  QUALIFY, AND SO LONG AS THE AUTHORITY HAVING JURISDICTION FOR THE INCOR-
   11  PORATED VOLUNTEER FIRE  COMPANY  OR  FIRE  DEPARTMENT,  OR  INCORPORATED
   12  VOLUNTARY  AMBULANCE  SERVICE  CONTINUES  TO CERTIFY THE APPLICANT AS AN
   13  ENROLLED MEMBER PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (D) OF  SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF  THIS
   14  SECTION.
   15    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD18055-02-0