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NY A00127
Bill
Status
1/5/2011
Primary Sponsor
Daniel Burling
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AI Summary
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Amends Real Property Tax Law section 425 to extend the enhanced STAR exemption to disabled surviving spouses of qualifying individuals, regardless of age
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Allows surviving spouses under age sixty-two to retain the STAR exemption if they are physically disabled, previously only those sixty-two and older could continue the exemption after a spouse's death
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Requires disabled surviving spouses to submit a certified physician's statement documenting permanent physical impairment that substantially limits major life activities, or alternatively provide a certificate of legal blindness from the State Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped
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Maintains all other requirements for the enhanced STAR exemption for surviving spouses
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Takes effect immediately and applies beginning with the 2011-2012 school year
Legislative Description
Relates to allowing a physically disabled surviving spouse who was married to an enhanced STAR qualifying individual to continue to receive the exemption even if the surviving spouse is not sixty-two years of age.
Last Action
referred to real property taxation
1/5/2011