Bill Text: NY A06875 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Assembly Bill 6875 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Authorizes the Suffolk Islamic Center, Inc. to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-09-25 - signed chap.261 [A06875 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A06875-Amended.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        6875--B
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     April 8, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. GRAF -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Real Property  Taxation  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
         ordered  reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted to said committee --
         again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered  reprinted
         as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT authorizing the Suffolk Islamic Center, Inc.  to receive retroac-
         tive real property 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 Suffolk Islamic Center, Inc.  an application for exemption from
    4  real  property  taxes pursuant to section 420-a of the real property tax
    5  law for the 2012-2013, 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 assessment roll, for  the
    6  parcel  conveyed to such organization, with such parcel being located in
    7  the hamlet of Ronkonkoma at 359 Lake  Shore  Road,  otherwise  known  as
    8  Suffolk  County  Tax  Map Number 0200 646.00 01.00 002.000. If accepted,
    9  the application shall be reviewed as if  it  had  been  received  on  or
   10  before the taxable status date established for such roll.
   11    If  satisfied  that  such  organization would otherwise be entitled to
   12  such exemption  if  such  organization  had  filed  an  application  for
   13  exemption  by  the appropriate taxable status dates, the assessor of the
   14  town of Brookhaven upon approval  by  the  governing  body  or  the  tax
   15  department,  may grant exemption from all taxation beginning on the date
   16  of the conveyance of such parcel to such organization on  the  effective
   17  date  of  this act and cancel taxes, fines, penalties, and interest paid
   18  by such organization, and make appropriate  correction  of  the  subject
   19  roll.
   20    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10299-04-5