STATE OF NEW YORK
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8886
IN SENATE
May 31, 2018
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Introduced by Sen. FLANAGAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
AN ACT authorizing The Reboli Center for Art and History to file an
application for retroactive real property tax exemption
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
2 the assessor of the town of Brookhaven is hereby authorized to accept
3 from The Reboli Center for Art and History an application for exemption
4 from real property taxes pursuant to section 420-a of the real property
5 tax law for the 2017-2018 assessment roll, for the parcels conveyed to
6 such organization on October 31, 2017, with such parcels being located
7 in the town of Brookhaven at 64 Main Street, Stony Brook, otherwise
8 known as: Suffolk county tax map district 0200 section 219.00 block
9 01.00 lots 001.000 and 002.000. If accepted, the application shall be
10 reviewed as if it had been received on or before the taxable status date
11 established for such roll.
12 If satisfied that such organization would otherwise be entitled to
13 such exemption if such organization had filed an application for
14 exemption by the appropriate taxable status date, the assessor of the
15 town of Brookhaven, upon approval by the town board of such town, may
16 grant exemption from all taxation beginning on the date of the convey-
17 ance of such parcel to such organization on the effective date of this
18 act and cancel taxes, fines, penalties and interest remaining unpaid,
19 and repay any taxes, fines, penalties and interest paid by such organ-
20 ization, and make appropriate correction of the subject roll.
21 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15821-01-8
