Bill Text: NY S04778 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended
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 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-11-21 - SIGNED CHAP.621 [S04778 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S04778-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4778--B Cal. No. 936 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 11, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sens. WEIK, MATTERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government -- recommitted to the Committee on Local Government in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading 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 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09320-06-2S. 4778--B 2 1 the town of Brookhaven town board, may grant an exemption from taxation 2 with respect to the subject rolls and make appropriate correction to the 3 subject rolls. If the exemption is granted and such not-for-profit 4 religious organization shall have paid any tax with regard to the 5 subject rolls, the town of Brookhaven town board may, in its sole 6 discretion, provide for the refund of those taxes paid and cancel taxes, 7 fines, penalties, liens or interest remaining unpaid. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
