Bill Text: NY S07828 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Makes the Sai Mandir USA real property tax exemption contingent upon the approval of the legislature of the county of Nassau.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-03-18 - SIGNED CHAP.166 [S07828 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S07828-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7828

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 12, 2022
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  THOMAS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of 2021  relating  to  authorizing
          the  Town  of  Oyster  Bay to grant Sai Mandir USA a real property tax
          exemption, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 7110-A  and  A.
          7908-A,  in  relation  to  making  the  exemption  contingent upon the
          approval of the legislature of the County of Nassau

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Section  1  of a chapter of the laws of 2021 relating  to
     2  authorizing the Town of Oyster Bay to grant Sai Mandir USA a real  prop-
     3  erty  tax  exemption, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 7110-A
     4  and A. 7908-A, is amended to read as follows:
     5    Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
     6  the assessor of the [Town of Oyster Bay,] County of  Nassau,  is  hereby
     7  authorized  to  accept from Nori Foundation d/b/a Sai Mandir USA, a not-
     8  for-profit corporation, an application for exemption from real  property
     9  taxes  pursuant  to  section  420-a  of  the  real property tax law with
    10  respect to the 2019-2020 assessment roll for a portion of the  2019-2020
    11  school  taxes  and  with  respect to the 2019-2020 assessment roll for a
    12  portion of the 2019 general taxes and all of the 2020 general taxes, for
    13  the parcel owned by such not-for-profit corporation which is located  at
    14  57-59  West  Old  Country  Road,  Town  of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau,
    15  otherwise known as Nassau county tax map section 46, block 260, lot 105.
    16  If accepted, the application  shall  be  reviewed  as  if  it  had  been
    17  received  on  or  before  the  taxable  status date established for such
    18  assessment rolls.
    19    If satisfied that such corporation would otherwise be entitled to such
    20  exemption if such not-for-profit corporation has  filed  an  application
    21  for exemption by the appropriate taxable status date, the assessor, upon
    22  approval  of  the  [Town of Oyster Bay board] Nassau county legislature,
    23  may grant exemption from taxation on such assessment rolls and make  the
    24  appropriate corrections of the subject rolls.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11610-06-2
        S. 7828                             2

     1    §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
     2  manner as a chapter of the laws of 2021 relating to authorizing the Town
     3  of Oyster Bay to grant Sai Mandir USA a real property tax exemption,  as
     4  proposed  in  legislative  bills  numbers S. 7110-A and A. 7908-A, takes
     5  effect.