Bill Text: NY A03435 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to requiring additional notice for real property tax exemptions for senior citizens.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to aging [A03435 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A03435-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3435
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 29, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. DINOWITZ, JAFFEE, SEAWRIGHT, WALLACE, BARRON --
          Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Aging
        AN ACT to amend the real property  tax  law,  in  relation  to  required
          notice of tax exemptions for senior citizens
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 467 of the real property tax  law,
     2  as  amended  by  chapter  406 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    4. Every municipal corporation in which such real property is  located
     5  shall  notify,  or  cause to be notified, each person owning residential
     6  real property in such municipal corporation of the  provisions  of  this
     7  section.    The provisions of this subdivision may be met by a notice or
     8  legend sent on or with each tax bill to such persons reading "You may be
     9  eligible for senior citizen tax exemptions. Senior citizens  have  until
    10  month..........,  day.......,  year......, to apply for such exemptions.
    11  For information please call or write....," followed by the  name,  tele-
    12  phone  number  and/or  address of a person or department selected by the
    13  municipal corporation to explain the provisions of  this  section.  Each
    14  cooperative  apartment  corporation shall notify each tenant-stockholder
    15  thereof in residence of such provisions as set forth herein.  Failure to
    16  notify, or cause to be notified any person who is in fact,  eligible  to
    17  receive  the  exemption  provided by this section or the failure of such
    18  person to receive the same shall not prevent the  levy,  collection  and
    19  enforcement  of  the  payment  of  the  taxes  on property owned by such
    20  person. A second copy of the notice required by this  subdivision  shall
    21  be sent thirty days prior to the filing deadline.
    22    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00741-01-9