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
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                                         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
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