Relates to allowing a physically disabled surviving spouse who was married to an enhanced STAR qualifying individual to continue to receive the exemption even if the surviving spouse is not sixty-two years of age.

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S134A-2011 Actions

• Apr 30, 2012: referred to real property taxation
• Apr 30, 2012: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• Apr 30, 2012: PASSED SENATE
• Apr 25, 2012: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• Apr 19, 2012: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• Apr 18, 2012: 1ST REPORT CAL.508
• Mar 1, 2012: PRINT NUMBER 134A
• Mar 1, 2012: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE
• Feb 29, 2012: REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Jan 4, 2012: returned to senate
• Jan 4, 2012: died in assembly
• Jun 20, 2011: referred to real property taxation
• Jun 20, 2011: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• Jun 20, 2011: PASSED SENATE
• Jun 13, 2011: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1168
• Jun 13, 2011: REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
• Apr 13, 2011: REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
• Jan 5, 2011: REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

S134A-2011 Meetings

Finance: Apr 18, 2012

S134A-2011 Calendars

Active List: Apr 30, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Apr 19, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Apr 25, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Apr 26, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Apr 30, 2012

S134A-2011 Votes

S134A-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S134A

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the real property tax law, in relation to extending the
enhanced STAR exemption to the disabled surviving spouse of a previously
qualifying individual

PURPOSE:
To allow for the continuation of the STAR exemption for individuals
upon the loss of a spouse who previously qualified for the program
provided that the surviving spouse is at least sixty-two years of age
or is physically disabled.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 of section 425 of
the real property tax law, as added by section 4 of part A of chapter
405 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows:

In case of property owned by husband and wife, one of whom is
sixty-five years of age or over, the exemption, once granted, shall
not be rescinded solely because of the death of the older spouse so
long as the surviving spouse is at least sixty-two years of age or is
physically disabled as of the date specified in this paragraph. To
qualify as physically disabled for the purpose of this subparagraph,
an individual shall submit to the assessor a certified statement from
a physician licensed to practice in the state on a form prescribed
and made available by the state commissioner which states that the
individual has a permanent physical impairment which substantially
limits one or more of such individual's major life activities, except
that an individual who has obtained a certificate from the state
commission for the blind my submit such certificate in lieu of a
physician's certified statement. The other requirements of this
subdivision must still be met for the enhanced exemption to be granted
to a surviving spouse under this subparagraph.

JUSTIFICATION:
Surviving spouses who meet the specifications outlined above should be
entitled to receive the benefits of the STAR exemption, as their
financial burdens will remain after the loss of their significant
other.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2007-08: S.5109 Local Government; A.1765 Real Property Taxation
2009:    S.262 Committed to Rules; A.3627 Real Property Taxation
2010:    S.262-A Passed Senate; A.3627-A Ways & Means
2011:    S.134 Passed Senate; A.127 Real Property Taxation

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the State

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to the
administration of the enhanced STAR exemption beginning with the
2012-13 school year.

S134A-2011 Text

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

                                   134--A

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                                 (PREFILED)

                               January 5, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sen.  LITTLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
    printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government -- recom-
    mitted to the Committee on Local Government in accordance with  Senate
    Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee and committed
    to  the  Committee  on  Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended,
    ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

  AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to extending  the
    enhanced  STAR  exemption to the disabled surviving spouse of a previ-
    ously qualifying individual

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


    Section  1.  Subparagraph  (iii)  of paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 of
  section 425 of the real property tax law, as added by section 4 of  part
  A of chapter 405 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows:

    (iii)  In  the case of property owned by husband and wife, one of whom
  is sixty-five years of age or over, the exemption, once  granted,  shall
  not be rescinded solely because of the death of the older spouse so long
  as  the  surviving spouse is at least sixty-two years of age OR IS PHYS-
  ICALLY DISABLED as of the date specified in this paragraph.  TO  QUALIFY
  AS  PHYSICALLY  DISABLED FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH, AN INDI-
  VIDUAL SHALL SUBMIT TO THE ASSESSOR A CERTIFIED STATEMENT FROM A  PHYSI-
  CIAN  LICENSED  TO  PRACTICE  IN THE STATE ON A FORM PRESCRIBED AND MADE
  AVAILABLE BY THE COMMISSIONER WHICH STATES THAT  THE  INDIVIDUAL  HAS  A
  PERMANENT  PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT WHICH SUBSTANTIALLY LIMITS ONE OR MORE OF
  SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S MAJOR LIFE ACTIVITIES, EXCEPT THAT AN  INDIVIDUAL  WHO
  HAS  OBTAINED  A CERTIFICATE FROM THE STATE COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND AND
  VISUALLY HANDICAPPED STATING THAT SUCH INDIVIDUAL IS LEGALLY  BLIND  MAY
  SUBMIT  SUCH  CERTIFICATE  IN LIEU OF A PHYSICIAN'S CERTIFIED STATEMENT.
  THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBDIVISION MUST STILL  BE  MET  FOR  THE

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD00138-02-2

 S. 134--A                           2

  ENHANCED  EXEMPTION  TO  BE  GRANTED  TO  A  SURVIVING SPOUSE UNDER THIS
  SUBPARAGRAPH.
    S  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to the
  administration  of  the  enhanced  STAR  exemption  beginning  with  the
  2012-2013 school year.