Bill Text: NY A00170 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides the assessor shall issue a receipt to the applicant of proof of submission of a STAR application.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to real property taxation [A00170 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A00170-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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170
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 5, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL, DESTITO, PHEFFER, TOWNS, SPANO -- Multi-
Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRENNAN, CLARK, McENENY, PERRY -- read once
and referred to the Committee on Real Property Taxation
AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to the assessor
providing proof of submission to the STAR applicant
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 6 of section 425 of the real
2 property tax law, as amended by chapter 531 of the laws of 2006, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 (b) Approval or denial of application. If the assessor is satisfied
5 that the applicant or applicants are entitled to an exemption pursuant
6 to this section, he or she shall approve the application and such real
7 property shall thereafter be exempt from school district taxation as
8 provided herein. UPON RECEIPT OF AN APPLICATION, THE ASSESSOR SHALL
9 PROVIDE THE APPLICANT WITH WRITTEN PROOF OF SUCH SUBMISSION. If the
10 assessor determines that the applicant or applicants are not entitled to
11 an exemption pursuant to this section, he or she shall, not later than
12 ten days prior to the date for hearing complaints in relation to assess-
13 ments, mail to each applicant not entitled to the exemption a notice of
14 denial of that application for the exemption herein for that year;
15 except that in the city of New York, such notice shall be mailed not
16 later than thirty days prior to the final date for filing an assessment
17 appeal as set forth in paragraph (b-1) of this subdivision. The notice
18 of denial shall specify each reason for such denial and shall be sent on
19 a form prescribed by the state board. Failure to mail any such notice of
20 denial or the failure of any person to receive such notice shall not
21 prevent the levy, collection and enforcement of the taxes on property
22 owned by such person.
23 S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
24 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00783-01-1
