Bill Text: NY S07910 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes the Chabad Lubavitch Chai Center, Inc. to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-07-21 - SIGNED CHAP.225 [S07910 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S07910-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                         7910--A
            Cal. No. 1312
                    IN SENATE
                                      May 24, 2016
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  MARCELLINO  -- 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
        AN ACT authorizing the Chabad Lubavitch Chai  Center,  Inc.  to  receive
          retroactive real property 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 Huntington is hereby  authorized  to  accept
     3  from the Chabad Lubavitch Chai Center, Inc. an application for exemption
     4  from  real property taxes pursuant to section 420-a of the real property
     5  tax law for the 2014-2015 assessment roll, for the  parcel  conveyed  to
     6  such  organization,  with such parcel being located in the hamlet of Dix
     7  Hills, 2 Folger Lane, otherwise known as Suffolk County Tax  Map  Number
     8  0400  262.00  01.00  041.000.  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 dates, the assessor  of  the
    14  town  of  Huntington  upon  approval  by  the  governing body or the tax
    15  department, may grant exemption from all taxation beginning on the  date
    16  of  the  conveyance of such parcel to such organization on the effective
    17  date of this act and cancel taxes, fines, penalties, and  interest  paid
    18  by  such  organization,  and  make appropriate correction of the subject
    19  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.
                                                                   LBD11920-03-6