Bill Text: NY A02368 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
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
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2368--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 16, 2015 ___________ 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