New York A 3199: Relates to exemptions available to veterans

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A03199 Summary:

BILL NOA03199 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00129

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SPONSORSantabarbara

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §458-a, RPT L

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Relates to exemptions available to veterans; requires school districts to provide the veterans alternative exemption; establishes that costs associated with such exemption shall be borne by the state.

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BILL NOA03199 

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01/23/2025referred to real property taxation

01/07/2026referred to real property taxation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3199

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 23, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Real Property Taxation

 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to exemptions
 available to veterans

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

 1 Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (d) of subdivision 2 and
 2 subdivision 4 of section 458-a of the real property tax law, subpara-
 3 graph (i) of paragraph (d) of subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 332 of
 4 the laws of 2016, subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 899 of the laws of
 5 1985 and paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 as added by chapter 430 of the
 6 laws of 2014, are amended to read as follows:
 7 (i) The exemption from taxation provided by this subdivision shall be
 8 applicable to county, city, town, village and school district taxation
 9 [if the governing body of the school district in which the property is
 10 located, or in the case of a city with a population of one million or
 11 more, the local legislative body, after public hearings, adopts a resol-
 12 ution, or in the case of a city with a population of one million or
 13 more, a local law, providing such exemption, the procedure for such
 14 hearing and resolution or local law shall be conducted separately from
 15 the procedure for any hearing and local law or resolution conducted
 16 pursuant to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, paragraph (b) of subdi-
 17 vision four, paragraph (d) of subdivision six and paragraph (b) of
 18 subdivision seven of this section]. The cost of providing such exemption
 19 from school district taxation shall be borne by the state.
 20 4. [(a)] Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, no
 21 later than ninety days before the taxable status date next occurring on
 22 or after the thirty-first day of December nineteen hundred eighty-four,
 23 the governing board of any county, city, town or village may adopt a
 24 local law to provide that no exemption shall be granted pursuant to this
 25 section for the purposes of taxes levied for such county, city, town or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00783-01-5

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 1 village. For the purposes of a county which is not an assessing unit,
 2 the taxable status date next occurring on or after December thirty-
 3 first, nineteen hundred eighty-four shall mean the first such taxable
 4 status date of any city or town within such county upon the assessment
 5 roll of which the county levies taxes. A local law adopted pursuant to
 6 this paragraph may be repealed by the governing board of the applicable
 7 county, city, town or village. Such repeal must occur at least ninety
 8 days prior to the taxable status date of such county, city, town or
 9 village.
 10 [(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no
 11 later than ninety days before the taxable status date next occurring on
 12 or after the thirty-first day of December, two thousand thirteen, the
 13 governing body of a school district may repeal a resolution adopted
 14 pursuant to subparagraph (i) of paragraph (d) of subdivision two of this
 15 section providing the exemption from taxation pursuant to this section
 16 for the purposes of taxes levied by such school district. Nothing
 17 contained in this paragraph shall be construed to preclude the governing
 18 body of a school district from subsequently adopting a