What's happening
This bill requires all New York school districts to adopt property tax exemptions for persons with disabilities, rather than making it optional.
Why it matters
Guarantees equal access to property tax relief for persons with disabilities across all New York school districts. , eliminating the current patchwork of local decisions and ensuring consistent support statewide.
May reduce the property tax burden for households with disabled members. , which could help low- and fixed-income residents afford to stay in their homes, potentially reducing displacement or financial hardship.
Could impact school district revenues and budgets. , since mandatory exemptions mean districts must accommodate lost tax revenue, possibly affecting funding for programs or shifting tax burdens to other property owners.
Signals increased state involvement in local tax policy. , reflecting a prioritization of disability rights and standardization of benefits, which might set a precedent for other mandatory exemptions in the future.
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Tax Breaks for Disabled Homeowners
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History
- Referred to real property taxation
- Referred to real property taxation
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5924
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 17, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. CURRAN, FINCH, RAIA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Real Property Taxation
AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to directing all school districts to adopt certain exemptions
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 459-c of the real property tax law, as amended by chapter 348 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
(a) Real property owned by one or more persons with disabilities, or real property owned by a husband, wife, or both, or by siblings, at least one of whom has a disability, or real property owned by one or more persons, some of whom qualify under this section and the others of whom qualify under section four hundred sixty-seven of this title, and whose income, as hereafter defined, is limited by reason of such disability, shall be exempt from taxation by any municipal corporation in which located to the extent of fifty per centum of the assessed valuation thereof as hereinafter provided. After a public hearing, the governing board of a county, city, town or village may adopt a local law and a school district, other than a school district subject to article fifty-two of the education law, [may] shall adopt a resolution to grant the exemption authorized pursuant to this section.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to school years beginning in the year immediately following the year in which this act shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08556-01-7
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