S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4042
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
April 8, 2009
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Introduced by Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
ty and Military Affairs
AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to the real prop-
erty tax exemption for Cold War veterans
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 458-b of the real property tax
law, as added by chapter 655 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as
follows:
3. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, no later
than ninety days before the taxable status date next occurring on or
after the thirty-first of December, two thousand seven, OR, FOR A CITY
WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, ON OR AFTER THE THIRTY-FIRST
OF DECEMBER, TWO THOUSAND NINE, after a public hearing, the governing
body of any county, city, town, or village may adopt a local law to
provide that the exemption shall be granted pursuant to this section for
the purposes of taxes levied for such county, city, town, or village.
For the purposes of a county which is not an assessing unit, the taxable
status date occurring on or after December thirty-first, two thousand
seven shall mean the first such tax roll for which the county taxes are
levied.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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