STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5537 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 6, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BROOKS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT in relation to authorizing the Town of Babylon to grant Long Island Teen Challenge of West Babylon a real property tax exemption 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 Babylon, County of Suffolk, is hereby 3 authorized to accept from Long Island Teen Challenge, a not-for-profit 4 corporation, an application for exemption from real property taxes 5 pursuant to section 420-a of the real property tax law with respect to 6 the 2018-2019 assessment roll for a portion of the 2018-2019 school 7 taxes and with respect to the 2018-2019 assessment role for a portion of 8 the 2019 general taxes, for the parcel owned by such not-for-profit 9 corporation which is located at 1185 Sunrise Highway, Copiague, Town of 10 Babylon, County of Suffolk, otherwise known as Suffolk county tax map 11 district 0100, section 200.00, block 01.00, lot 003.002. If accepted, 12 the application shall be reviewed as if it had been received on or 13 before the taxable status date established for such assessment rolls. 14 If satisfied that such corporation would otherwise be entitled to such 15 exemption if such not-for-profit corporation has filed an application 16 for exemption by the appropriate taxable status date, the assessor, upon 17 approval of the Town of Babylon board, may grant exemption from taxation 18 on such assessment rolls and make the appropriate corrections of the 19 subject rolls. 20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11352-02-9