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                                         5751

                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                                   I N  S E N A T E

                                     June 14, 2011
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       Introduced  by Sen. FLANAGAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

       AN ACT to authorize Chabad at Stony Brook, Inc. to file  an  application
         for 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 Brookhaven is hereby  authorized  to  accept
    3  from  Chabad at Stony Brook, Inc. an application for exemption from real
    4  property taxes pursuant to section 420-a of the real  property  tax  law
    5  for  the  2009-2010,  2010-2011  and  2011-2012  assessment  rolls, with
    6  respect to the real property taxes for such assessment  rolls,  for  the
    7  parcel  located in the town of Brookhaven at 1 Spruce Lane, Stony Brook,
    8  otherwise known as: district 0200,  section  363.00,  block  02.00,  lot
    9  004.000.  If  accepted,  the  application shall be reviewed as if it had
   10  been received on or before the taxable status date established for  such
   11  rolls.
   12    If  satisfied  that  such  organization would otherwise be entitled to
   13  such exemption  if  such  organization  had  filed  an  application  for
   14  exemption  by  the  appropriate taxable status date, the assessor of the
   15  town of Brookhaven, upon approval of the town board of  such  town,  may
   16  grant  exemption  from taxation, and make appropriate corrections to the
   17  subject rolls. If the exemption is granted and such  organization  shall
   18  have  paid  any  tax with regard to the subject rolls, the town board of
   19  the town of Brookhaven may, in its discretion, provide for the refund of
   20  taxes paid and cancel taxes, fines,  penalties  and  interest  remaining
   21  unpaid.
   22    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07317-05-1