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

* §  466-e.  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 thirty-one thousand inhabitants but
less than thirty-two thousand five hundred inhabitants, as determined in
accordance  with  the  latest  decennial federal 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, county or
school district purposes, exclusive  of  special  assessments,  provided
that  the  governing  body  of  a  city, village, town, county or school
district, 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,  village  or  school
district  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 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
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  due  to  the  receipt  of  a  tax
exemption provided pursuant to the provisions of this section.
* NB There are 4 § 466-e's
* NB Repealed December 9, 2025