Bill Text: NY S07809 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes The Long Island Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Health and Human Services Network, Inc. to file an application for retroactive tax exempt status.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-08-07 - SIGNED CHAP.245 [S07809 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S07809-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7809
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     June 11, 2014
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  BOYLE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
       AN ACT authorizing the Long Island Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and  Transgen-
         der  Health  and  Human Services Network, Inc., to file an application
         for retroactive tax exempt status
         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 Brookhaven is hereby authorized to accept
    3  from the Long Island Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender  Health  and
    4  Human  Services  Network,  Inc.,  an application for exemption from real
    5  property taxes pursuant to section 420-a of the real  property  tax  law
    6  for  the  2013-2014  assessment  roll,  for  the parcel conveyed to such
    7  organization, with such parcel being located in the town  of  Brookhaven
    8  at  7  Crossway  Blvd., Patchogue, NY 11772, otherwise known as: Suffolk
    9  County Tax Map  Number  0200-973.00-01.00-007.019.    If  accepted,  the
   10  application  shall  be  reviewed as if it had been received on or before
   11  the taxable status date established for such roll.
   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  of  the
   15  town  of  Brookhaven,  upon approval by the town board of such town, may
   16  grant exemption from all taxation beginning on the date of  the  convey-
   17  ance  of  such parcel to such organization on the effective date of this
   18  act and cancel taxes, fines, penalties, and interest  remaining  unpaid,
   19  and  repay  any taxes, fines, penalties and interest paid by such organ-
   20  ization and make appropriate correction of the subject roll.
   21    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD15484-01-4