Bill Text: NY A04206 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the real property tax law, in relation to authorizing a tax abatement for certain rental property occupied by disabled veterans

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to real property taxation [A04206 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A04206-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4206
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 30, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. MENG -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Real Property Taxation
       AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to authorizing  a
         tax  abatement for certain rental property occupied by disabled veter-
         ans
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  section  heading and paragraph b of subdivision 1 of
    2  section 467-b of the real property tax law, as amended by section  1  of
    3  chapter 188 of the laws of 2005, are amended to read as follows:
    4    Tax abatement for rent-controlled and rent regulated property occupied
    5  by  senior  citizens [or], persons with CERTAIN disabilities OR VETERANS
    6  WITH CERTAIN DISABILITIES.
    7    b. "Head of the household" means a person (i) who is  sixty-two  years
    8  of  age  or  older,  or (ii) who qualifies as a person with a disability
    9  pursuant to subdivision five of  this  section,  OR,  UPON  APPROVAL  BY
   10  RESOLUTION, ORDINANCE OR LOCAL LAW BY A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, (III) WHO
   11  IS  A  DISABLED  VETERAN  AS DEFINED IN SECTION EIGHTY-FIVE OF THE CIVIL
   12  SERVICE LAW, and is entitled to the possession or to the use or occupan-
   13  cy of a dwelling unit;
   14    S 2. The section heading and paragraph b of subdivision 1  of  section
   15  467-b  of  the real property tax law, as amended by section 2 of chapter
   16  188 of the laws of 2005, are amended to read as follows:
   17    Tax abatement for rent controlled property occupied by senior citizens
   18  [or], persons with CERTAIN disabilities OR VETERANS WITH  CERTAIN  DISA-
   19  BILITIES.
   20    b.  "Head  of the household" means a person (i) who is sixty-two years
   21  of age or older, or (ii) who qualifies as a  person  with  a  disability
   22  pursuant  to  subdivision  five  of  this  section, OR, UPON APPROVAL BY
   23  RESOLUTION, ORDINANCE OR LOCAL LAW BY A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, (III) WHO
   24  IS A DISABLED VETERAN AS DEFINED IN SECTION  EIGHTY-FIVE  OF  THE  CIVIL
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  SERVICE LAW, AND is not a recipient of public assistance pursuant to the
    2  social  services  law and is entitled to the possession or to the use or
    3  occupancy of a dwelling unit;
    4    S  3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend-
    5  ments to section 467-b of the real property tax law made by section  one
    6  of  this  act  shall  be subject to the expiration and reversion of such
    7  section pursuant to section 17 of chapter 576 of the laws  of  1974,  as
    8  amended,  when  upon such date the provisions of section two of this act
    9  shall take effect.