Senate Bill S2546

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to the discretion in granting real property tax exemptions for certain corporations or associations; repealer

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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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2011-S2546 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§420-a & 420-b, rpld §430, RPT L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
S6837

2011-S2546 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the discretion of localities in granting real property tax exemptions to real property owned by a corporation or association which is organized exclusively for purposes related to the moral or mental improvement of men, women or children.

2011-S2546 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S2546 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  2546

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 25, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens. BONACIC, LARKIN -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to the discretion
  of localities in granting exemptions for certain organizations and  to
  repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 420-a of the real
property tax law, as amended by chapter 920 of  the  laws  of  1981,  is
amended to read as follows:
  (a)  Real  property owned by a corporation or association organized or
conducted exclusively for religious, charitable, hospital,  educational,
[or  moral or mental improvement of men, women or children purposes,] or
for two or more such purposes, and used  exclusively  for  carrying  out
thereupon  one or more of such purposes either by the owning corporation
or association or by another such corporation or association as  herein-
after  provided  shall  be  exempt  from  taxation  as  provided in this
section.
  S 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 420-b of the real prop-
erty tax law, as added by chapter 919 of the laws of 1981, is amended to
read as follows:
  (a) (I) Real property owned by a corporation or association  which  is
organized  exclusively  for  PURPOSES  RELATED  TO  THE  MORAL OR MENTAL
IMPROVEMENT OF MEN, WOMEN, OR CHILDREN, OR FOR bible, tract, benevolent,
missionary, infirmary,  public  playground,  scientific,  literary,  bar
association, medical society, library, patriotic or historical purposes,
for  the  development of good sportsmanship for persons under the age of
eighteen years through the conduct of supervised athletic games, for the
enforcement of laws relating to children or animals, or for two or  more
such  purposes,  and  used exclusively for carrying out thereupon one or
more of such purposes either by the owning corporation  or  association,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01422-01-1
              

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