Bill Text: NY S05537 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Authorizes the town of Babylon to grant Long Island Teen Challenge, a not-for-profit corporation, a real property tax exemption with respect to the 2018-2019 tax assessment rolls.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-07-22 - referred to real property taxation [S05537 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S05537-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         5537--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       May 6, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  BROOKS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government -- recom-
          mitted to the Committee on Local Government in accordance with  Senate
          Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT in relation to authorizing the Town  of  Babylon  to  grant  Long
          Island Teen Challenge of West Babylon a real property tax exemption

          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  Babylon,  County  of  Suffolk,  is  hereby
     3  authorized  to  accept from Long Island Teen Challenge, a not-for-profit
     4  corporation, an application  for  exemption  from  real  property  taxes
     5  pursuant  to  section 420-a of the real property tax law with respect to
     6  the 2018-2019 assessment roll for a  portion  of  the  2018-2019  school
     7  taxes and with respect to the 2018-2019 assessment roll for a portion of
     8  the  2019  general  taxes,  for  the parcel owned by such not-for-profit
     9  corporation which is located at 1185 Sunrise Highway, Copiague, Town  of
    10  Babylon,  County  of  Suffolk, otherwise known as Suffolk county tax map
    11  district 0100, section 200.00, block 01.00, lot  003.002.  If  accepted,
    12  the  application  shall  be  reviewed  as  if it had been received on or
    13  before the taxable status date established for such assessment rolls.
    14    If satisfied that such corporation would otherwise be entitled to such
    15  exemption if such not-for-profit corporation has  filed  an  application
    16  for exemption by the appropriate taxable status date, the assessor, upon
    17  approval of the Town of Babylon board, may grant exemption from taxation
    18  on  such  assessment  rolls  and make the appropriate corrections of the
    19  subject rolls.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11352-03-0
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