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A08657 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
 submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)



 
BILL NUMBER: A8657
 
SPONSOR: Otis

 
TITLE OF BILL:
 
An act to amend chapter 670 of the laws of 2022 amending the real prop-
erty tax law relating to providing all local governments with the option
to provide a property tax exemption to volunteer firefighters and volun-
teer ambulance workers, in relation to the effectiveness thereof
 
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
 
The purpose of this bill is to amend Chapter 670 of the laws of 2022 by
extending the effective date of section two of the act by three years.
 
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends Chapter 670 of the laws of 2022 by extending the effec-
tive date of section two of the act by three years.
 
Section 2 sets the effective date.
 
 
JUSTIFICATION:
 
Chapter 670 of the laws of 2022 established RPTL Sec. 466-a*, a state-
wide volunteer firefighter/ambulance worker exemption intended to
replace the numerous local bills authorizing such exemptions in various
localities. Chapter 670 sets those local exemption bills to expire in
2025. This bill extends the local bills until 2028 to allow munici-
palities that have not adopted a local law to replace them under RPTL
Sec. 466-a*.
 
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
 
New bill.
 
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
 
None.
 
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

A08657 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8657
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      May 23, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. OTIS -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Real Property Taxation
 
        AN ACT to amend chapter 670 of the laws of 2022 amending the real  prop-
          erty  tax  law  relating  to  providing all local governments with the
          option to provide a property tax exemption to  volunteer  firefighters
          and  volunteer  ambulance  workers,  in  relation to the effectiveness
          thereof
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Section 3 of chapter 670 of the laws of 2022 amending the
     2  real property tax law relating to providing all local  governments  with
     3  the option to provide a property tax exemption to volunteer firefighters
     4  and volunteer ambulance workers is amended to read as follows:
     5    §  3.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
     6  section two of this act shall take effect [three] six  years  after  the
     7  effective date of this act.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13228-01-5