Assembly Bill A2828

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Provides relief for senior citizens through the school tax relief program

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A2828 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Real Property Taxation
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §425, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2151
2011-2012: A4138
2013-2014: A4931

2015-A2828 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides relief for senior citizens through the STAR program, setting the base figure for the exemption for the 2008-2009 school year at seventy-five thousand eight hundred dollars for eligible senior citizens, and the base figure for the basic Star exemption at thirty thousand dollars.

2015-A2828 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2828

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 20, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, MAGNARELLI -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Real Property Taxation

AN  ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to enhancing the
  tax relief for senior citizens through the school tax relief program

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 425 of the real
property tax law, as amended by section 1 of part D-1 of chapter  57  of
the  laws of 2007, clause (A) of subparagraph (vi) as further amended by
subdivision (b) of section 1 of part W of chapter  56  of  the  laws  of
2010, is amended to read as follows:
  (b)  Base  figure.  [Subject to the adjustments prescribed below, the]
THE base figure for the exemption shall be as follows:
  (i) [For the nineteen hundred ninety-eight--ninety-nine  school  year,
the  base  figure  shall  be  fifty thousand dollars for eligible senior
citizens; no exemption shall be allowed for other persons.
  (ii) For the nineteen hundred ninety-nine--two thousand  school  year,
the  base  figure  shall  be  fifty thousand dollars for eligible senior
citizens, and ten thousand dollars for other eligible persons.
  (iii) For the two thousand--two thousand one  school  year,  the  base
figure shall be fifty thousand dollars for eligible senior citizens, and
twenty thousand dollars for other eligible persons.
  (iv)  For  the  two thousand one--two thousand two school year through
the two thousand five--two thousand six school year, inclusive, the base
figure shall be fifty thousand dollars for eligible senior citizens, and
thirty thousand dollars for other eligible persons.
  (v)] For the [two thousand six--two thousand seven school year through
the] two thousand eight--two thousand nine school year, [inclusive,] the
base figure for the enhanced STAR exemption shall be [fifty-six]  SEVEN-
TY-FIVE  thousand  eight  hundred  dollars,  and the base figure for the
basic STAR exemption shall be thirty thousand dollars.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07354-01-5

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