STATE OF NEW YORK
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863
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
(Prefiled)
January 6, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. GAUGHRAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of 2020 relating to authorizing
the assessor of the town of Huntington, county of Suffolk, to accept
from the Joshua Baptist Church, an application for exemption from real
property taxes, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.6869-A and
A.10221, in relation to making the exemption contingent upon the
approval of the town board of Huntington
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 2020, relating to
2 authorizing the assessor of the town of Huntington, county of Suffolk,
3 to accept from the Joshua Baptist Church, an application for exemption
4 from real property taxes, as proposed in legislative bills numbers
5 S.6869-A and A.10221, is amended to read as follows:
6 Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
7 the assessor of the town of Huntington, county of Suffolk, is hereby
8 authorized to accept from the Joshua Baptist Church an application for
9 exemption from real property taxes pursuant to section 420-a of the real
10 property tax law, with respect to the 2017-2018, 2018-2019 and 2019-2020
11 assessment rolls, for the parcels owned by such organization, with such
12 parcels being located at 376 Broadway Greenlawn, in the town of Hunting-
13 ton, county of Suffolk, otherwise known as Suffolk county tax map
14 section 211 block 2 lots 49, 50, 51 and 52. If accepted, the application
15 shall be reviewed as if it had been received on or before the taxable
16 status date established for such rolls.
17 If satisfied that such organization would otherwise be entitled to
18 such exemption if such organization had filed an application for
19 exemption by the appropriate taxable status date, the assessor, upon
20 approval by the [Suffolk county legislature] town board of Huntington,
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 may make appropriate correction to the subject rolls. If such exemption
2 is granted and such organization, therefore, shall have paid any tax
3 with respect to the subject rolls, the applicable governing body or tax
4 department may, in its sole discretion, provide for the refund of those
5 taxes paid and cancel those taxes, fines, penalties, liens or interest
6 remaining unpaid.
7 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
8 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2020, relating to authorizing the
9 assessor of the town of Huntington, county of Suffolk, to accept from
10 the Joshua Baptist Church, an application for exemption from real prop-
11 erty taxes, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.6869-A and
12 A.10221, takes effect.