STATE OF NEW YORK
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4980--A
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 27, 2009
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Introduced by Sen. FOLEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
AN ACT in relation to permitting Shavi Uma Ganesh Mandir to file an
application for a 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 the provisions of any other law, the asses-
2 sor of the town of Islip in the county of Suffolk is hereby authorized
3 to accept from Shavi Uma Ganesh Mandir an application for exemption from
4 real property taxes pursuant to section 420-a of the real property tax
5 law for the 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 assessment rolls, for the parcel
6 located at 91 Commercial Boulevard, Central Islip, section 77.00, block
7 1.00, lot 10. If accepted, the application shall be reviewed as if it
8 had been received on or before the taxable status date established for
9 such rolls.
10 If satisfied that Shavi Uma Ganesh Mandir (i) acquired title to the
11 property for which it seeks exemption on July 21, 2003 and (ii) would
12 otherwise be entitled to such exemption if such corporation filed an
13 application for the exemption on or before the appropriate taxable
14 status date, the assessor, upon approval by the town board of the town
15 of Islip, may grant exemption from taxation on such assessment rolls and
16 make the appropriate corrections to the subject rolls. If exemption is
17 granted and such corporation, therefore, shall have paid any tax with
18 respect to the subject rolls, the applicable governing body or tax
19 departments, upon approval by the town board of the town of Islip, in
20 its sole discretion, shall provide for the refund of any taxes, fines
21 and penalties paid and cancel any taxes, fines and penalties remaining
22 unpaid.
23 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11602-04-9
