2023 New York Laws › RPT - Real Property Tax › Article 4 - Exemptions › Title 2 - Private Property › 466-B - Volunteer Firefighters and Volunteer Ambulance Workers; Certain Additional Counties.

* §  466-b.  Volunteer  firefighters  and volunteer ambulance workers;
certain additional counties. 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 one
hundred twenty thousand inhabitants but less than one hundred  forty-one
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 or county  purposes,  exclusive  of  special
assessments,  provided  that the governing body of a city, village, town
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 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 a county provided that the governing body of a city,
village, town 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
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 Repealed December 9, 2025