File #: 23-LL-H    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Local Law Status: Passed
File created: 6/30/2023 In control: County Legislature
On agenda: Final action: 9/11/2023
Title: LOCAL LAW NO. "H" FOR 2023: A LOCAL LAW OF THE COUNTY OF ALBANY, NEW YORK AMENDING LOCAL LAW NO. 8 FOR 1997, GRANTING A PARTIAL TAX EXEMPTION OF REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY PERSONS WITH LIMITED INCOMES WHO ARE DISABLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW SECTION 459-C
Sponsors: Ellen Rosano, William Reinhardt, Andrew Joyce, Dennis A. Feeney, Wanda F. Willingham, Robert J. Beston, Norma J. Chapman, Mickey Cleary, Frank J. Commisso, Beroro T. Efekoro, Samuel I. Fein, Lynne Lekakis, David B. Mayo, Alison McLean Lane, Matthew J. Miller, Matthew T. Peter, Victoria Plotsky, Dustin M. Reidy, Bill L. Ricard, Merton D. Simpson, Joanne Cunningham, Paul J. Burgdorf, Jeffrey D. Kuhn, Jennifer A. Whalen, Gary W. Domalewicz, Todd A. Drake, Gilbert F. Ethier, Mark E. Grimm, Raymond F. Joyce, Frank A. Mauriello, Carolyn McLaughlin, Zach Collins, Joseph E. O'Brien, Jeff S. Perlee, Christopher H. Smith, Sean E. Ward
Attachments: 1. 23-LL-H IND - Disabled Limited Income Exemption - Updated language
LOCAL LAW NO. H FOR 2023

A LOCAL LAW OF THE COUNTY OF ALBANY, NEW YORK AMENDING CHAPTER 270 OF THE ALBANY COUNTY CODE TO PROVIDE REAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AND LIMITED INCOMES
[A LOCAL LAW OF THE COUNTY OF ALBANY, NEW YORK AMENDING LOCAL LAW NO. 8 FOR 1997, GRANTING A PARTIAL TAX EXEMPTION OF REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY PERSONS WITH LIMITED INCOMES WHO ARE DISABLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW SECTION 459-C]
Introduced: 4/10/23
By Rosano, Reinhardt, A. Joyce, Feeney, Willingham, Beston, Chapman, Cleary, Commisso, Efekoro, Fein, Lekakis, Mayo, Mclean Lane, Miller, Peter, Plotsky, Reidy, Reinhardt, Ricard, Simpson, Cunningham, Burgdorf, Kuhn and Whalen:

A Local Law amending Chapter 270 of the Code of the County of Albany to create an updated real property tax exemption for persons with disabilities and limited incomes pursuant to the New York State Real Property Tax Law.
BE IT ENACTED by the Legislature of the County of Albany as follows:
Section 1. Amending prior local law.
This Local Law hereby amends the following sections of Article IX: Exemption for Disabled Persons with Limited Income as it is currently written: ?270-78 to ?270-86
Section 2. Title.
This article shall be known as the "Exemption for Disabled Persons with Limited Income."
Section 3. ? 270-78 Exemption amount.

Pursuant to ?459 of the Real Property Tax Law of the State of New York, effective as hereinafter provided, there shall be an exemption from taxation for general county purposes to the extent of the percentage of assessed valuation provided in the following schedule, determined by the maximum income exemption eligibility level also provided in the following schedule up to a maximum of fifty percent (50%) of the assessed valuation of real property owned by one (1) or more persons with disabilities, or real property owned by a husband or wife, or both, or by siblings, at least one of whom has a disability, and whose income, as hereinaf...

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