Assembly Bill A4138

2011-2012 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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2011-A4138 (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
2013-2014: A4931
2015-2016: A2828

2011-A4138 (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.

2011-A4138 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4138

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 1, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT -- 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, 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.
  [(vi)]  (II)  For  the two thousand nine--two thousand ten school year
and thereafter:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06056-01-1

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