Bill Text: NY A08365 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes St. Luke's Episcopal Church to file an application for exemption from real property taxes for the 1992-1993 through the 1999-2000 assessment rolls.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-07-21 - signed chap.112 [A08365 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A08365-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         8365
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    August 24, 2015
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       Introduced  by M. of A. HEASTIE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Real Property Taxation
       AN ACT to authorize St. Luke's Episcopal Church to file  an  application
         for exemption from real property taxes for certain assessment rolls
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
    2  the commissioner of the New York city department of  finance  is  hereby
    3  authorized  to accept from St. Luke's Episcopal Church, a not-for-profit
    4  corporation, an application  for  exemption  from  real  property  taxes
    5  pursuant to section 420-a of the real property tax law for the 1992-1993
    6  through  1999-2000 assessment rolls, for the parcel owned by such corpo-
    7  ration in the city of New York, borough of Bronx,  designated  as  block
    8  4654,  lot  73  in  such  borough. If accepted, the application shall be
    9  reviewed as if it had been received on or before the taxable status date
   10  established for such assessment rolls.
   11    If satisfied that such corporation would otherwise be entitled to such
   12  exemption if such corporation had filed an application for exemption  by
   13  the  appropriate  taxable  status date, the commissioner of the New York
   14  city department of finance, upon approval by the  city  council  of  the
   15  city  of New York, may grant exemption from all taxation with respect to
   16  the subject tax rolls due and owing by such corporation on the effective
   17  date of this act and cancel taxes, fines, penalties and interest remain-
   18  ing unpaid, and make appropriate correction of  the  subject  assessment
   19  rolls.
   20    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11815-01-5