STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5988 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 24, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MATTERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT to amend chapter 250 of the laws of 2022 relating to authorizing the assessor of the town of Smithtown, county of Suffolk, to accept from the New Horizons Counseling Center, Inc., an application for exemption from real property taxes, in relation to making a technical correction thereto regarding the property subject to such real proper- ty tax exemption The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of section 1 of chapter 250 of the 2 laws of 2022 relating to authorizing the assessor of the town of Smith- 3 town, county of Suffolk, to accept from the New Horizons Counseling 4 Center, Inc., an application for exemption from real property taxes, is 5 amended to read as follows: 6 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the asses- 7 sor of the town of Smithtown, county of Suffolk, is hereby authorized to 8 accept from the New Horizons Counseling Center, Inc., an application for 9 exemption from real property taxes pursuant to section 420-a of the real 10 property tax law, with respect to the 2019 and 2020 assessment rolls, 11 for the parcel owned by such organization, with such parcel being 12 located at 1056 W. Jericho Turnpike, in the town of Smithtown, county of 13 Suffolk, otherwise known as Suffolk county tax map section 094.00 block 14 03.00 [lot] lots 002.001 and 002.003. If accepted, the application shall 15 be reviewed as if it had been received on or before the taxable status 16 date established for such rolls. 17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10399-01-3