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Jan 08, 2014 |
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Feb 25, 2013 |
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Senate Bill S3855
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
2013-S3855 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Local Government
- Law Section:
- Real Property Tax Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add Art 5 Title 2-A §§548 - 548-d, RPT L
- Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
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S3668
2013-S3855 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3855 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the real property tax law, in relation to the abatement of taxes due to a catastrophic loss caused by a natural disaster PURPOSE: To establish in the Real Property Tax Law a procedure to abate real property taxes for those homeowners that have suffered a catastrophic loss due to damage caused by a declared natural disaster. Such catastrophic loss must make such damaged residence uninhabitable for at least 90 days after such a catastrophic weather event or natural disaster. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Creates a new Title 2-A to the Real Property Tax Law to establish an abatement of real property taxes in the case of a catastrophic loss to a one, two or three family residence, that is owner occupied, that is caused by a declared natural disaster. This provision shall only apply to one, two or three family residences that are owner occupied that are totally destroyed or in which one or more of the units of such residence have been extensively damaged. The home, or at least one unit within the residence, will have had to have been rendered totally uninhabitable for at least 90 days after the declared natural disaster has occurred and cannot be reasonably made fit for habitation within the 90 day period of time after the natural
2013-S3855 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3855 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 25, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SAVINO -- 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 abatement of taxes due to a catastrophic loss caused by a natural disaster THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Article 5 of the real property tax law is amended by adding a new title 2-A to read as follows: TITLE 2-A ABATEMENT OF TAXES DUE TO A CATASTROPHIC LOSS CAUSED BY A NATURAL DISASTER SECTION 548. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS. 548-A. DEFINITIONS. 548-B. CATASTROPHIC LOSS TAX ABATEMENT PROCEDURE. 548-C. COORDINATION WITH SCHOOL AND VILLAGE TAX LEVIES. 548-D. ABATEMENT; STATE EXPENSE. S 548. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS. THE PROVISIONS OF TITLES ONE-A AND THREE OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL APPLY TO THIS TITLE INSOFAR AS THEY ARE NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THE PROVISIONS AND PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE, WHICH SHALL SUPERSEDE ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF SUCH TITLES ONE-A AND THREE. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE SHALL APPLY TO TAXES LEVIED BY ALL MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS ONLY UPON A ONE, TWO OR THREE FAMI- LY RESIDENCE. S 548-A. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE: 1. A FAMILY RESIDENCE HAS UNDERGONE A "CATASTROPHIC LOSS" WHEN IT IS TOTALLY DESTROYED OR IS SO EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED THAT AT LEAST ONE OF THE DWELLING UNITS IN SUCH RESIDENCE IS UNFIT FOR HABITATION AND CANNOT REASONABLY BE MADE FIT FOR HABITATION WITHIN A PERIOD OF NINETY DAYS AFTER THE DAMAGE OCCURRED. SUCH CATASTROPHIC LOSS SHALL BE THE CONSE- QUENCE OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY A NATURAL DISASTER OR OTHER WEATHER-BASED EVENT WHICH WAS A DECLARED STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY OR LOCAL STATE OF EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08513-02-3
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