STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         8889--A
                    IN SENATE
                                      June 1, 2018
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  LARKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Local  Government  --
          committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
          recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to authorize the assessor of the town of  Haverstraw,  county  of
          Rockland,  to  accept  an application for exemption from real property
          taxes from Iglesia Pentecostal 3RA Nueva Jerusalem, Inc.
          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 Haverstraw, county of Rockland, is hereby
     3  authorized to accept from Iglesia Pentecostal 3RA Nueva Jerusalem,  Inc.
     4  an  application  for  exemption  from  real  property  taxes pursuant to
     5  section 420-a of the real property tax law for the 2017 assessment roll,
     6  for the parcel owned by such organization located at 1 Cosgrove  Avenue,
     7  in  the village of West Haverstraw within the town of Haverstraw, county
     8  of Rockland, otherwise known as Rockland county tax map, section  20.19,
     9  block 7, lot 37. If accepted, the application shall be reviewed as if it
    10  had  been  received on or before the taxable status date established for
    11  such roll.
    12    If satisfied that such organization would  otherwise  be  entitled  to
    13  such  exemption if such organization had acquired the property and filed
    14  an application by the appropriate taxable  status  date,  the  assessor,
    15  upon approval by the town board, may make appropriate corrections to the
    16  subject roll. If such exemption is granted and such organization, there-
    17  fore,  shall  have  paid  any  tax with respect to the subject roll, the
    18  applicable governing body or tax department may, in its sole discretion,
    19  provide for the refund of those  taxes  paid  and  cancel  those  taxes,
    20  fines, penalties, liens, or interest remaining unpaid.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16117-02-8