Bill Text: NY S05555 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Authorizes school tax reductions of 25% for residents in communities that restrict ownership to those fifty-five years of age and older.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S05555 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S05555-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          5555
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     April 12, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
          ment Operations
        AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to school  tax  reductions  for
          residents  in  communities that restrict ownership to those fifty-five
          years of age and older
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The tax law is amended by adding a new section 1232 to read
     2  as follows:
     3    §  1232.  School  tax  reduction.  In any community where zoning regu-
     4  lations restrict ownership to those fifty-five years of age  and  older,
     5  such  residents shall be eligible for a twenty-five percent reduction in
     6  school taxes upon approval by the local town or village.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
     8  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06691-02-7
feedback