STATE OF NEW YORK
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6821
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 19, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. REILICH, SEPULVEDA, KEARNS, SKOUFIS, DIPIETRO,
BORELLI, COLTON, HAWLEY, JOHNS, TEDISCO, MONTESANO, RAIA, GUNTHER, RA,
SIMANOWITZ, LALOR, SALADINO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY,
CERETTO, JORDAN, McKEVITT, THIELE -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Real Property Taxation
AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to providing a
tax exemption to active duty members of the armed services who served
overseas
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The real property tax law is amended by adding a new
2 section 458-c to read as follows:
3 § 458-c. Exemption for property owned by active duty member of the
4 armed forces who has served overseas. 1. As used in this section:
5 (a) "Qualified owner" means an active duty member of the United States
6 Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force or Coast Guard who has served over-
7 seas during a period of armed conflict. Where property is owned by more
8 than one qualified owner, the exemption to which each is entitled may be
9 combined.
10 (b) "Qualifying residential real property" means property owned by a
11 qualified owner which is used exclusively for residential purposes;
12 provided however, that in the event any portion of such property is not
13 so used exclusively for residential purposes but is used for other
14 purposes, such portion shall be subject to taxation and the remaining
15 portion only shall be entitled to the exemption provided by this
16 section. Such property must be the primary residence of the qualified
17 owner, unless the qualified owner is absent from the property due to
18 medical reasons or institutionalization.
19 2. Each county, city, town or village shall adopt a local law or ordi-
20 nance providing that qualifying residential real property be exempt from
21 real property taxes, in an amount equal to five percent of the assessed
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 value of such property. Such exemption shall not be in addition to any
2 other military exemption or abatement of taxes authorized by law.
3 3. Such exemption from taxation shall be granted upon an application
4 which shall include a statement that a qualified owner resides at the
5 property. Application shall be made annually upon a form to be promul-
6 gated by the commissioner and shall include a statement of service from
7 the unit in which the qualified owner serves or other adequate proof of
8 active duty military service. The application and statement of service
9 shall be filed by the qualified owner to the assessor of such munici-
10 pality which has the power to assess the property for taxation on or
11 before the appropriate taxable status date of such municipality. If the
12 assessor is satisfied that the property is qualified for an exemption
13 pursuant to this section, then such residential improvements shall be
14 exempt from taxation as provided in subdivision two of this section.
15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to assess-
16 ment rolls prepared on the basis of taxable status dates occurring on or
17 after the first of January next succeeding the date on which this act
18 shall have become a law.
