Bill Text: NY A07231 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes the assessor of the town of Brookhaven to accept an application for exemption from real property taxes from Al-Muneer Foundation, Inc., a not-for-profit religious organization.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-06-03 - substituted by s4778b [A07231 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A07231-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7231--B

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     April 29, 2021
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DeSTEFANO  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Real Property Taxation -- recommitted to the Committee on
          Real Property Taxation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec.  2  --
          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 in relation to authorizing the assessor of the town of Brookhaven
          to accept an  application for exemption from real property taxes  from
          Al-Muneer Foundation, 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  contra-
     2  ry,  the  assessor  of  the  town  of Brookhaven is hereby authorized to
     3  accept from  Al-Muneer  Foundation,  Inc.,  a  not-for-profit  religious
     4  organization,  an  application  for  exemption  from real property taxes
     5  pursuant to section 462 of the real property tax law for  the  2019-2020
     6  and  2020-2021  assessment rolls for the parcels owned by such organiza-
     7  tion located in the town of Brookhaven, located at 76 Neighborhood  Road
     8  in  Mastic  Beach,  also  known  as district 0200, section 979.00, block
     9  20.00, lot 064.000; and Birch  Road  in  Mastic  Beach,  also  known  as
    10  district 0200, section 979.00, block 20.00, lot 057.000.
    11    If  accepted,  the  application  shall  be  reviewed as if it had been
    12  received on or before the  taxable  status  date  established  for  such
    13  rolls.    If  satisfied  that such not-for-profit religious organization
    14  would otherwise be entitled to such exemption if  the  organization  had
    15  filed  an  application  for  such  exemption  by the appropriate taxable
    16  status date, the assessor of the town of Brookhaven,  upon  approval  by
    17  the  town of Brookhaven town board, may grant an exemption from taxation
    18  with respect to the subject rolls and make appropriate correction to the
    19  subject rolls.   If the exemption is  granted  and  such  not-for-profit

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09320-05-2
        A. 7231--B                          2

     1  religious  organization  shall  have  paid  any  tax  with regard to the
     2  subject rolls, the town of  Brookhaven  town  board  may,  in  its  sole
     3  discretion, provide for the refund of those taxes paid and cancel taxes,
     4  fines, penalties, liens or interest remaining unpaid.
     5    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.