Bill Text: NY A03350 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Grants municipalities the authority to provide real property tax exemptions for certain cold war veterans.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-7)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to real property taxation [A03350 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A03350-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3350 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 29, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, COLTON, L. ROSENTHAL, RAIA, SANTA- BARBARA, STEC, MOSLEY, GUNTHER, ZEBROWSKI, COOK, DiPIETRO, FINCH, M. G. MILLER, GALEF -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE, LALOR, PALMESANO, RA, RIVERA, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Real Property Taxation AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to granting muni- cipalities the authority to provide real property tax exemptions for certain cold war veterans The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 458-b of the real property tax law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows: 3 9. A county, city, town, or village may adopt a local law to include a 4 male or female veteran who served under the federal Reserve Forces Act 5 of 1955, Public Law 305, 84th Congress (69 Stat. 598) during the Cold 6 War period within the definition of "cold war veteran" as provided in 7 paragraph (a) of subdivision one of this section provided that such 8 veterans meet all other qualifications under the provisions of this 9 section. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to assess- 11 ment rolls on the basis of taxable status dates occurring on or after 12 the second day of January next succeeding the date on which this act 13 shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07015-01-9