Senate Bill S6385

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes real property taxing jurisdictions to grant a partial tax exemption for property purchased by a physician in a physician shortage area

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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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2017-S6385 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §206, Pub Health L; add §§439 & 985, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S6919
2013-2014: S4388
2015-2016: S1289

2017-S6385 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes real property taxing jurisdictions to grant a partial tax exemption for property purchased by a physician in a physician shortage area, as determined by the commissioner of health, which will be such physician's primary residence and he or she will practice in such shortage area; provides state aid to taxing jurisdictions which grant the exemption to the extent of the tax savings provided to physicians.

2017-S6385 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S6385 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6385
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the real property tax law,  in
   relation  to authorizing real property taxing jurisdictions to grant a
   tax exemption for a primary residence purchased by a  physician  in  a
   physician  shortage  area;  and to amend the real property tax law, in
   relation to providing state aid to such jurisdictions for the  savings
   granted by such exemption
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Legislative findings and intent.  The  legislature  hereby
 finds  that  several  communities  within  the state, particularly those
 located within rural areas, lack adequate access to  physicians.  It  is
 well  established  that  ensuring the sufficient availability of general
 practitioners and specialists directly  benefits  the  health  of  state
 residents, and the legislature has enacted several measures towards that
 end.
   Furthermore,  the legislature finds that municipalities are often best
 situated to evaluate the needs of their communities.  Therefore,  it  is
 the intent of the legislature to offer counties, cities, towns, villages
 and school districts the option to provide real property tax exemptions,
 should  they  determine  that  such an incentive would aid in attracting
 physicians to areas currently underserved by the medical community.
   § 2. Section 206 of the public health law is amended by adding  a  new
 subdivision 31 to read as follows:
   31. (A) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL BIENNIALLY DESIGNATE AND MAKE AVAILABLE
 A LIST OF DESIGNATED PHYSICIAN SHORTAGE AREAS IN THE STATE. A DESIGNATED
 PHYSICIAN SHORTAGE AREA SHALL BE A COUNTY OR OTHER SUB-COUNTY GEOGRAPHIC
 AREA  DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER TO BE IN SHORT SUPPLY OF PHYSICIANS
 IN PRIMARY CARE PRACTICE AND/OR ONE OR MORE  MEDICAL  SPECIALITIES.  THE
 LIST  SHALL INDICATE FOR EACH DESIGNATED PHYSICIAN SHORTAGE AREA, IF THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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