Bill Text: NY A01613 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 1613 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An act to amend the real property tax law, in relation to authorizing a certain county to reduce the waiting period for tax exemptions for volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to real property taxation [A01613 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A01613-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1613
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2009
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, BOYLAND, JAFFEE, EDDINGTON, LAVINE --
         Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  HOOPER,  TITONE  --  read  once  and
         referred to the Committee on Real Property Taxation
       AN  ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to authorizing a
         certain county to reduce the waiting period  for  tax  exemptions  for
         volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 2 of section 466-a of the real
    2  property tax law, as added by chapter  617  of  the  laws  of  1999,  is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    (d) the applicant has been certified by the authority having jurisdic-
    5  tion  for  the incorporated volunteer fire company or fire department as
    6  an enrolled member of such incorporated volunteer fire company  or  fire
    7  department for at least [five years] TWO YEARS or the applicant has been
    8  certified  by  the  authority  having  jurisdiction for the incorporated
    9  voluntary ambulance service as an enrolled member of  such  incorporated
   10  voluntary ambulance service for at least [five years] TWO YEARS.  IN THE
   11  EVENT  THE  APPLICANT FAILS TO SERVE AT SUCH INCORPORATED VOLUNTEER FIRE
   12  COMPANY OR FIRE DEPARTMENT OR AT SUCH INCORPORATED  VOLUNTEER  AMBULANCE
   13  SERVICE  FOR  AT LEAST FIVE YEARS, ANY TAX BENEFIT OR EXEMPTION RECEIVED
   14  IN CONJUNCTION WITH SUCH APPLICANT'S SERVICE SHALL  BE  REPAID  BY  SUCH
   15  APPLICANT TO THE MUNICIPALITY THAT GRANTED SUCH BENEFIT OR EXEMPTION. It
   16  shall  be the duty and responsibility of the municipality which adopts a
   17  local law, ordinance or resolution pursuant to this section to determine
   18  the procedure for certification.
   19    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
   20  ing  the  date  on  which  it shall have become a law and shall apply to
   21  taxable status dates occurring on and after such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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