Bill Text: NY A02368 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to alternative exemptions for veterans; reminds assessors that certain conflicts are included for purposes of exemptions.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-02-25 - REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS [A02368 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A02368-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        2368--A
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 16, 2015
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       Introduced  by M. of A. BARRETT, BRINDISI, BRONSON, BUCHWALD, SKARTADOS,
         SKOUFIS, STECK, STIRPE, SANTABARBARA, RUSSELL, LOPEZ,  SCHIMMINGER  --
         read  once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on Veterans' Affairs --
         committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
         recommitted to said committee
       AN  ACT  to  direct the division of veterans' affairs to annually remind
         assessors of the eligibility of veterans of  certain  hostilities  for
         the veterans alternative real property tax exemption
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The division of veterans' affairs, in consultation with the
    2  department of taxation and finance, pursuant to its  training  responsi-
    3  bilities provided for in section 310 of the real property tax law, shall
    4  within  30  days of the effective date of this act and at least annually
    5  thereafter on a date and in a form to be determined by the department of
    6  taxation and finance, reinforce and/or remind assessors of the fact that
    7  the Persian Gulf conflict referenced in section 458-a of the real  prop-
    8  erty tax law includes, but is not limited to, hostilities in Afghanistan
    9  and  Iraq,  also  known  as  Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring
   10  Freedom, Operation New Dawn and Operation Inherent Resolve.
   11    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04762-04-5