STATE OF NEW YORK
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10543
IN ASSEMBLY
July 6, 2022
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. McDonough)
-- read once and referred to the Committee on Real Property Taxation
AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of 2022 authorizing the Bellmore
Fire District to file an application for exemption from real property
taxes, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 6035-A and A.
6950-A, in relation to making a technical correction thereto
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 1 of a chapter of the laws of 2022 authorizing the
2 Bellmore Fire District to file an application for exemption from real
3 property taxes, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 6035-A and
4 A. 6950-A, is amended to read as follows:
5 Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
6 the assessor of the [town of Hempstead,] county of Nassau[,] is hereby
7 authorized to accept from the Bellmore Fire District, an application for
8 exemption from real property taxes pursuant to section 464 of the real
9 property tax law with respect to the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 assessment
10 rolls, for a portion of the 2020 general taxes and a portion of the
11 2020-2021 school taxes, all of the 2021 general taxes, all of the 2021-
12 2022 school taxes and all of the 2022 general taxes, for the parcels
13 owned by such organization, with such parcels being located at 2800
14 Royle Street, in the hamlet of Bellmore, town of Hempstead, county of
15 Nassau, otherwise known as Nassau county tax map district 0100, section
16 56, block 344, lots 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78 and 79.
17 If accepted, the application shall be reviewed as if it had been
18 received on or before the taxable status date established for such roll.
19 If satisfied that such organization would otherwise be entitled to such
20 exemption if such organization had filed an application for exemption by
21 the appropriate taxable status date, the assessor, upon approval by the
22 Nassau county legislature, may grant exemption from all taxation and
23 make appropriate corrections to the subject roll. If such exemption is
24 granted and such organization therefore shall have paid any tax with
25 respect to the subject roll, the applicable governing body or tax
26 department may, in its sole discretion, provide for the refund of the
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 taxes paid, along with any fines or penalties paid, and cancel any
2 taxes, fines, penalties, interest, or tax liens remaining unpaid.
3 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
4 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2022 authorizing the Bellmore Fire
5 District to file an application for exemption from real property taxes,
6 as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 6035-A and A. 6950-A, takes
7 effect.