Bill Text: NY S05367 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes Saint John's Evangelical Lutheran Church to file an application for retroactive tax exempt status.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-10-21 - SIGNED CHAP.410 [S05367 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-S05367-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5367 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 16, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ZELDIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT authorizing Saint John's Evangelical Lutheran Church to file an application for retroactive 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 Islip is hereby authorized to accept from 3 Saint John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, an application for exemption 4 from real property taxes pursuant to section 462 of the real property 5 tax law for the 2012-2013 assessment roll, for the parcel conveyed to 6 such organization, with such parcel being located in the town of Islip 7 at 63 Loop Drive, Sayville, New York 11782, otherwise known as: Suffolk 8 County Tax Map Number 259-1-27. If accepted, the application shall be 9 reviewed as if it had been received on or before the taxable status date 10 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 date, the assessor of the 14 town of Islip, upon approval by the town board of such town, may grant 15 exemption from all taxation beginning on the date of the conveyance of 16 such parcel to such organization on the effective date of this act and 17 cancel taxes, fines, penalties, and interest remaining unpaid, and repay 18 any taxes, fines, penalties and interest paid by such organization and 19 make appropriate correction of the subject 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. LBD11102-01-3