New York S 3440: Relates to authorizing early parole release for inmates where substance abuse was a significant contributing factor in the commission of the offense

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S03440 Summary:

BILL NOS03440 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORHARCKHAM

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §466-d, RPT L

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Provides a tax exemption for certain volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers in Westchester county.

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BILL NOS03440 

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01/27/2025REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

06/10/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/10/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1736

06/10/2025PASSED SENATE

06/10/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/10/2025referred to real property taxation

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3440

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 27, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- 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 providing a
 tax exemption for certain volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers
 in Westchester county

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 466-d of the real property tax law, as amended by
 2 chapter 399 of the laws of 2004, subdivisions 1 and 3 as amended by
 3 chapter 205 of the laws of 2006 and subdivision 5 as further amended by
 4 subdivision (b) of section 1 of part W of chapter 56 of the laws of
 5 2010, is amended to read as follows:
 6 § 466-d. Volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers; West-
 7 chester county. 1. Real property owned by an enrolled member of an
 8 incorporated volunteer fire company, fire department or incorporated
 9 voluntary ambulance service or such enrolled member and spouse residing
 10 in [a] Westchester county [which has a population of more than nine
 11 hundred thousand and less than nine hundred fifty thousand persons],
 12 shall be exempt from taxation to the extent of ten percent of the
 13 assessed value of such property for city, village, town, part town,
 14 school district, special district or county purposes, exclusive of
 15 special assessments, provided that the governing body of a city,
 16 village, town, school district, or county, after a public hearing,
 17 adopts a local law, ordinance or resolution providing therefor.
 18 2. Such exemption shall be granted to an enrolled member of an incor-
 19 porated volunteer fire company, fire department or incorporated volun-
 20 tary ambulance service residing in [such] Westchester county only if:
 21 (a) the applicant resides in the city, town or village which is served
 22 by such incorporated volunteer fire company or fire department or incor-
 23 porated voluntary ambulance service;
 24 (b) the property is the primary residence of the applicant;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07158-01-5

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 1 (c) the property is used exclusively for residential purposes;
 2 provided, however, that in the event any portion of such property is not
 3 used exclusively for the applicant's residence but is used for other
 4 purposes, such portion shall be subject to taxation and the remaining
 5 portion only shall be entitled to the exemption provided by this
 6 section;
 7 (d) the applicant has been certified by the authority having jurisdic-
 8 tion for the incorporated volunteer fire company or fire department as
 9 an enrolled member of such incorporated volunteer fire company or fire
 10 department for at least five years or the applicant has been certified
 11 by the authority having jurisdiction for the incorporated voluntary
 12 ambulance service as an enrolled member of such incorporated voluntary
 13 ambulance service for at least five years. It shall be the duty and
 14 responsibility of the municipality which adopts a local law, ordinance
 15 or resolution pursuant to this section to determine the procedure for
 16 certification; and
 17 (e) (i) for volunteer firefighters, the area served by the volunteer
 18 fire company does not en