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Steuben Legislature adopts local law extending property tax exemption to enrolled volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers
Summary
The Legislature adopted Local Law Tentatively No. Two (2026), amending the county’s volunteer responder property tax exemption to add certification procedures and extend a surviving‑spouse exemption up to 50% of assessed value as allowed by RPTL §466‑a.
The Steuben County Legislature on April 27 adopted Local Law Tentatively No. Two (2026), updating the county’s real property tax exemption for enrolled volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers.
The measure, introduced and read into the record by the clerk, amends Local Law No. Eight (2023) and incorporates changes authorized by Chapter 670 of the Laws of New York, 2022 and Real Property Tax Law §466‑a. The law clarifies eligibility requirements (residency in the service area, primary residence status, five years of service for regular eligibility, and certification by the volunteer organization and the County Director of Public Safety) and creates a surviving‑spouse exemption of up to 50% where the enrolled member was killed in the line of duty.
The clerk read the ordinance text and eligibility criteria in full. The Legislature adopted the local law by roll call vote. The resolution forwards certified copies to the Director of Real Property Tax Service Agency, Director of Public Safety and Commissioner of Finance for implementation.
