Bill Text: NY A05470 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires extending the eligibility for the basic STAR exemption and enhanced STAR exemption to real property owned by a non-spouse relative of a senior citizen who shares such primary residence with such senior citizen.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to real property taxation [A05470 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A05470-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5470
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 24, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Real Property Taxation
       AN ACT to amend the real  property  tax  law,  in  relation  to  a  STAR
         exemption  for certain senior citizens who reside with a related prop-
         erty owner
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  425  of  the real property tax law is amended by
    2  adding a new subdivision 4-b to read as follows:
    3    4-B. SENIOR CITIZENS THAT  RESIDE  WITH  A  NON-SPOUSE  RELATIVE.  (A)
    4  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROPERTY  OWNERSHIP REQUIREMENTS PROVIDED BY PARA-
    5  GRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION TWO, SUBDIVISION THREE, AND  PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF
    6  SUBDIVISION  FOUR  OF  THIS SECTION, WHEN PROPERTY THAT RECEIVES A BASIC
    7  STAR EXEMPTION OR AN ENHANCED STAR EXEMPTION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO
    8  OR THREE OF THIS SECTION SERVES AS THE  PRIMARY  RESIDENCE  FOR  BOTH  A
    9  PERSON  WHO IS AT LEAST SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN
   10  PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION AND A RELATIVE WHO  IS
   11  (I) WITHIN THE THIRD DEGREE OF CONSANGUINITY OR AFFINITY TO SUCH PERSON,
   12  (II)  NOT THE SPOUSE OF SUCH PERSON, AND (III) THE OWNER OF SUCH PROPER-
   13  TY, SUCH PROPERTY SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A PRO-RATED STAR  EXEMPTION,  AS
   14  COMPUTED  PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND SUBJECT TO
   15  THE LIMITATION PRESCRIBED BY PARAGRAPH (D) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THAT  IS
   16  IN  ADDITION  TO  THE  BASIC  STAR  EXEMPTION OR ENHANCED STAR EXEMPTION
   17  AVAILABLE FOR SUCH PROPERTY PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
   18  THAT THE SUM OF THE EXEMPTIONS APPROVED FOR SUCH  PROPERTY  PURSUANT  TO
   19  THIS SECTION SHALL NOT EXCEED SUCH PROPERTY'S ASSESSED VALUE.
   20    (B) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. (I) FOR THE PRO-RATED EXEMPTION BASED ON
   21  THE  BASIC  STAR  EXEMPTION,  THE PROPERTY MUST (A) SERVE AS THE PRIMARY
   22  RESIDENCE FOR A PERSON WHO IS AT LEAST SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF  AGE  ON  THE
   23  DATE SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION, (B)
   24  HAVE  SERVED  AS  THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE FOR SUCH PERSON FOR AT LEAST SIX
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05600-03-5
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    1  MONTHS PRIOR TO THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY  OF  THE  YEAR  FOR  WHICH  THE
    2  EXEMPTION  IS  SOUGHT,  (C)  BE  OWNED  BY A NON-SPOUSE RELATIVE OF SUCH
    3  PERSON WHO IS WITHIN THE THIRD DEGREE OF CONSANGUINITY  OR  AFFINITY  TO
    4  SUCH  PERSON,  (D)  SERVE AS THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE OF THE RELATED OWNER,
    5  (E) CURRENTLY RECEIVE  A  BASIC  STAR  EXEMPTION  OR  AN  ENHANCED  STAR
    6  EXEMPTION,  AND  (F)  SATISFY  THE CRITERIA OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS
    7  SECTION, PROVIDED THAT THE DETERMINATION REGARDING  WHETHER  THE  INCOME
    8  CRITERIA  PRESCRIBED  BY  PARAGRAPH  (B-1)  OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS
    9  SECTION ARE SATISFIED SHALL SOLELY BE BASED  UPON  THE  INCOME  OF  SUCH
   10  PERSON  WHO IS AT LEAST SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE AND HIS OR HER SPOUSE IF
   11  THE PROPERTY SERVES AS SUCH SPOUSE'S PRIMARY RESIDENCE.
   12    (II) FOR THE PRO-RATED STAR  EXEMPTION  BASED  ON  THE  ENHANCED  STAR
   13  EXEMPTION,  THE  PROPERTY  MUST (A) SERVE AS THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE FOR A
   14  PERSON WHO IS AT LEAST SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE ON THE DATE SPECIFIED  IN
   15  PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF  SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION, (B) HAVE SERVED AS
   16  THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE FOR SUCH PERSON FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS  PRIOR  TO
   17  THE  FIRST DAY OF JANUARY OF THE YEAR FOR WHICH THE EXEMPTION IS SOUGHT,
   18  (C) BE OWNED BY A NON-SPOUSE RELATIVE OF SUCH PERSON WHO IS  WITHIN  THE
   19  THIRD  DEGREE  OF CONSANGUINITY OR AFFINITY TO SUCH PERSON, (D) SERVE AS
   20  THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE OF THE RELATED  OWNER,  (E)  CURRENTLY  RECEIVE  A
   21  BASIC  STAR  EXEMPTION  OR  AN  ENHANCED STAR EXEMPTION, (F) SATISFY THE
   22  CRITERIA OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION AS  MODIFIED  BY  SUBPARA-
   23  GRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH, AND (G) SATISFY THE CRITERIA OF SUBDIVISION
   24  FOUR  OF THIS SECTION, PROVIDED THAT THE DETERMINATION REGARDING WHETHER
   25  THE INCOME CRITERIA PRESCRIBED BY PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION FOUR  ARE
   26  SATISFIED SHALL SOLELY BE BASED UPON THE INCOME OF SUCH PERSON WHO IS AT
   27  LEAST SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE AND HIS OR HER SPOUSE IF SUCH SPOUSE IS AT
   28  LEAST  SIXTY-TWO  YEARS  OF  AGE AS OF THE DATE SPECIFIED IN SUBDIVISION
   29  FOUR OF THIS SECTION AND THE PROPERTY SERVES AS  SUCH  SPOUSE'S  PRIMARY
   30  RESIDENCE.
   31    (C)  COMPUTATION  OF  EXEMPTION  AMOUNT.  SUBJECT  TO  THE  LIMITATION
   32  PRESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH  (D)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  A  PRO-RATED  STAR
   33  EXEMPTION  SHALL  BE COMPUTED FOR EACH PERSON WHO IS AT LEAST SIXTY-FIVE
   34  YEARS OF AGE ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION  FOUR
   35  OF  THIS SECTION AND WHO MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS
   36  SUBDIVISION AS FOLLOWS: MULTIPLY THE BASIC STAR  EXEMPTION  OR  ENHANCED
   37  STAR EXEMPTION THAT WOULD BE GRANTED TO THE PROPERTY IF PARAGRAPH (B) OF
   38  THIS  SUBDIVISION  PROVIDED THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR SUCH EXEMPTION,
   39  BY TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT AND MULTIPLY THAT  PRODUCT  BY  A  FRACTION,  THE
   40  NUMERATOR  OF  WHICH  IS  ONE,  IN  THE CASE OF A PERSON WHO IS AT LEAST
   41  SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE WHO DOES NOT RESIDE WITH HIS OR HER  SPOUSE,  IF
   42  ANY, OR TWO, IN THE CASE OF A PERSON WHO IS AT LEAST SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF
   43  AGE WHO DOES RESIDE WITH HIS OR HER SPOUSE, AND THE DENOMINATOR OF WHICH
   44  IS  THE  SUM  OF THE NUMERATOR PLUS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF OWNERS AND THEIR
   45  SPOUSES FOR WHOM THE PROPERTY SERVES AS THEIR PRIMARY RESIDENCE.
   46    (D) LIMITATION. WHEN  MORE  THAN  ONE  PERSON  MEETS  THE  ELIGIBILITY
   47  REQUIREMENTS  PRESCRIBED  BY  PARAGRAPH  (B)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION, THE
   48  PRO-RATED STAR EXEMPTION COMPUTED PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH  (C)  OF  THIS
   49  SUBDIVISION SHALL BE LIMITED AS FOLLOWS:
   50    (I)  WHEN THE AGGREGATE OF THE NUMERATORS OF THE FRACTION OR FRACTIONS
   51  USED IN THE COMPUTATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION IS
   52  TWO OR LESS, THE AMOUNT OF THE PRO-RATED STAR EXEMPTION SHALL BE THE SUM
   53  OF THE EXEMPTION AMOUNTS COMPUTED PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH  (C)  OF  THIS
   54  SUBDIVISION.
   55    (II) WHEN THE AGGREGATE OF THE NUMERATORS OF EACH FRACTION USED IN THE
   56  COMPUTATION  PURSUANT  TO PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION IS MORE THAN
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    1  TWO, THE AMOUNT OF THE PRO-RATED STAR EXEMPTION SHALL EQUAL  THE  AMOUNT
    2  COMPUTED  AS  FOLLOWS:  (A)  DIVIDE  THE  SUM  OF  THE EXEMPTION AMOUNTS
    3  COMPUTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION BY THE  AGGREGATE
    4  OF  SUCH  NUMERATORS,  AND  (B) MULTIPLY THE AMOUNT COMPUTED PURSUANT TO
    5  CLAUSE (A) OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH BY THE NUMBER TWO.
    6    (E) DEATH OF A PERSON WHO IS AT LEAST SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE. IN  THE
    7  CASE  OF  AN EXEMPTION GRANTED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION FOR A PERSON
    8  WHO RESIDES WITH HIS OR HER SPOUSE AND SUCH SPOUSE HAS NOT ATTAINED  THE
    9  AGE  OF  SIXTY-FIVE  YEARS  BY  THE  DATE PRESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF
   10  SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION, UPON  THE  DEATH  OF  THE  PERSON  WHO
   11  SATISFIED  THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA OF THIS SUBDIVISION, IF SUCH SURVIV-
   12  ING SPOUSE IS AT LEAST SIXTY-TWO YEARS OF AGE BY THE DATE PRESCRIBED  IN
   13  PARAGRAPH  (A) OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION, SUCH SPOUSE SHALL BE
   14  DEEMED TO BE AT LEAST SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE BY THE DATE PRESCRIBED  IN
   15  PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION FOR PURPOSES OF SATIS-
   16  FYING  THE  ELIGIBILITY  CRITERIA  PRESCRIBED  BY  PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS
   17  SUBDIVISION.
   18    (F) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY,  APPLICATION
   19  FOR AN EXEMPTION PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE MADE ON AN ANNUAL
   20  BASIS  IN  ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPLICATION PROCEDURES PRESCRIBED IN THIS
   21  SECTION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE APPLICATION SHALL BE JOINTLY  FILED
   22  BY  ALL  OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS WHO PRIMARILY RESIDE ON THE PROPERTY AND
   23  THE SENIOR CITIZENS WHO MEET  THE  ELIGIBILITY  CRITERIA  PRESCRIBED  BY
   24  PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   25    (G)  EXCEPT  AS  PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, OR AS INCONSISTENT WITH
   26  THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, ALL OTHER PROVISIONS OF  THIS  SECTION
   27  SHALL  BE  APPLICABLE  TO  THE PRO-RATED STAR EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY THIS
   28  SUBDIVISION.
   29    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
   30  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.