Bill Text: NY A02121 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Authorizes municipalities to offer a real property tax exemption to certain volunteers who live in that municipality but who serve in neighboring municipalities.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-29 - substituted by s2862a [A02121 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A02121-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         2121--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 23, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M. of A. STERN, LUPARDO, BUTTENSCHON, LUNSFORD, SHIMSKY,
          JENSEN, BYRNES, MAHER, BARRETT, SLATER -- read once  and  referred  to
          the  Committee on Real Property Taxation -- recommitted to the Commit-
          tee on Real Property Taxation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec.
          2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended
          and recommitted to said committee

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  real property tax law, in relation to volunteer
          firefighter and ambulance worker benefits

          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 466-l to read as follows:
     3    § 466-l. Extension of benefits. Any governing body of a city, village,
     4  town, county, or school district that has provided a real  property  tax
     5  exemption  to  volunteer  firefighters  and  volunteer ambulance workers
     6  serving the municipality in which they  reside  as  authorized  by  this
     7  chapter, notwithstanding any provision of this title to the contrary, is
     8  hereby authorized to adopt a local law or resolution to extend such real
     9  property  tax  exemption to any volunteer firefighter or volunteer ambu-
    10  lance worker who provides such volunteer services to a neighboring city,
    11  village, town, county, or school district.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02305-02-4
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