Bill Text: NY S05830 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Authorizes Satipatthana Vipassana Meditation Center to file an application for exemption from real property taxes for certain assessment rolls.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-21 - SIGNED CHAP.257 [S05830 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S05830-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5830--B Cal. No. 1114 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 2, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PHILLIPS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, amended on second report, ordered to a third reading, and to be reprinted as amended, retaining its place in the order of third reading -- amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading AN ACT to authorize Satipatthana Vipassana Meditation Center to file an application for exemption from real property taxes for the 2014-2015 assessment roll 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 county of Nassau is hereby authorized to accept from 3 Satipatthana Vipassana Meditation Center, a not-for-profit corporation, 4 an application for exemption from real property taxes pursuant to 5 section 420-a of the real property tax law with respect to the 2014-2015 6 school and the 2015 general tax roll, for the parcel owned by such not- 7 for-profit corporation which is located at 34 Ashland Avenue, New Hyde 8 Park, county of Nassau, otherwise known as Nassau county tax map section 9 8, block 172, lot 111. If accepted, the application shall be reviewed as 10 if it had been received on or before the taxable status date established 11 for such assessment roll. 12 If satisfied that such non-profit would otherwise be entitled to such 13 exemption if such non-profit had filed an application for exemption by 14 the appropriate taxable status date, the assessor upon approval of the 15 Nassau county legislature, may grant exemption from all taxation with 16 respect to the subject tax roll due and owing by such not-for-profit 17 corporation on the effective date of this act and cancel taxes, fines, 18 penalties, liens or interest remaining unpaid, and make appropriate 19 correction of the subject assessment roll. 20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07093-07-7
