Bill > S08263

This bill authorizes the Congregation Khal Mevakshei Hashem, Inc., a religious organization, to receive retroactive property tax exemptions for its property located at 137 Lawrence Avenue in Lawrence, Nassau County. Specifically, it allows the Nassau County assessor to accept applications for exemption from real property taxes for the 2024 assessment roll and the 2023-2024 school taxes, even though the organization may not have met the usual deadlines for filing such applications. The bill provides that if the Congregation would have otherwise qualified for the exemption based on its religious use of the property and had filed on time, the assessor, with the approval of the Nassau County Legislature, can grant the exemption. This could result in a refund of any taxes already paid for those periods and the cancellation of any outstanding taxes, fines, or penalties.