NY Real Prop Tax L § 466-F-2 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RPT - Real Property Tax Article 4 - Exemptions Title 2 - Private Property 466-F*2 - Volunteer Firefighters and Volunteer Ambulance Workers; Certain County.

* §  466-f.  Volunteer  firefighters  and volunteer ambulance workers; certain county. 1. Real property owned  by  an  enrolled  member  of  an incorporated  volunteer  fire  company,  fire department or incorporated voluntary ambulance service or such enrolled member and spouse  residing in  any  county  having a population of more than seventy-three thousand inhabitants but less than seventy-four thousand inhabitants,  determined in  accordance with the latest federal decennial census, shall be exempt from taxation to the extent of ten percent of the assessed value of such property for city, village, town, part town,  special  district,  school district,  fire  district  or  county  purposes,  exclusive  of  special assessments, provided that the governing body of a city, village,  town, school district, fire district or county, after a public hearing, adopts a  local  law,  ordinance  or  resolution  providing  therefor; provided further, however, that such exemption shall in  no  event  exceed  three thousand  dollars  multiplied  by the latest state equalization rate for the assessing unit in which such real property is located.   2. Such exemption shall not be granted to an  enrolled  member  of  an incorporated  volunteer  fire  company,  fire department or incorporated voluntary ambulance service residing in such county unless:  (a) the applicant resides in the city, town or village which is served by such incorporated  volunteer  fire  company  or  fire  department  or incorporated voluntary ambulance service;  (b) the property is the primary residence of the applicant;  (c)  the  property  is  used  exclusively  for  residential  purposes; provided however, that in the event any portion of such property is  not used  exclusively  for  the  applicant's residence but is used for other purposes, such portion shall be subject to taxation  and  the  remaining portion  only  shall  be  entitled  to  the  exemption  provided by this section; and  (d)  the  applicant  has  been  certified  by  the  authority   having jurisdiction  for  the  incorporated  volunteer  fire  company  or  fire department as an enrolled member of  such  incorporated  volunteer  fire company  or fire department for at least five years or the applicant has been certified by the authority having jurisdiction for the incorporated voluntary ambulance service as an enrolled member of  such  incorporated voluntary  ambulance  service  for  at least five years. It shall be the duty and responsibility of the municipality, school district and/or fire district which adopts a local law, ordinance or resolution  pursuant  to this section to determine the procedure for certification.   3. Any enrolled member of an incorporated volunteer fire company, fire department  or incorporated voluntary ambulance service who accrues more than twenty years of active service and is so certified by the authority having jurisdiction for the incorporated volunteer  fire  company,  fire department or incorporated voluntary ambulance service, shall be granted the  ten  percent  exemption  as  authorized  by  this  section  for the remainder of his or her life as long as his or her primary residence  is located  within  such county provided that the governing body of a city, village, town, school district, fire district or county, after a  public hearing, adopts a local law, ordinance or resolution providing therefor.   4.  Application for such exemption shall be filed with the assessor or other agency, department  or  office  designated  by  the  municipality, school  district  and/or  fire  district  offering  such exemption on or before  the  taxable  status  date  on  a  form  as  prescribed  by  the commissioner.   5.  No applicant who is a volunteer firefighter or volunteer ambulance worker who by reason of such status is receiving any benefit  under  the provisions  of  this article on the effective date of this section shall  suffer any diminution of such benefit because of the provisions of  this section.   * NB There are 5 § 466-f's