Bill Text: NY A05067 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that after a public hearing a school district may adopt a resolution providing a school tax exemption on residential property owned by a veteran with at least a forty percent disability; provides that in order to qualify for such an exemption, an individual shall submit to the assessor a certified statement from the bureau of veterans' affairs stating that he has a permanent service related physical impairment which limits such individual's major life activities by at least forty percent.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 17-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-16 - enacting clause stricken [A05067 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A05067-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5067
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 11, 2011
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       Introduced by M. of A. HAYES, CASTELLI, CORWIN, FINCH, HAWLEY, D. MILLER
         --  Multi-Sponsored  by  -- M. of A. BARCLAY, BOYLAND, CERETTO, CONTE,
         JORDAN, KOLB, McDONOUGH, McKEVITT, MOLINARO, RABBITT -- read once  and
         referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
       AN  ACT  to  amend the real property tax law, in relation to an optional
         school tax exemption for certain disabled veterans
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  real  property  tax  law  is amended by adding a new
    2  section 459-d to read as follows:
    3    S 459-D. DISABLED VETERANS; SCHOOL TAX EXEMPTION. 1.  AFTER  A  PUBLIC
    4  HEARING  A  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  MAY  ADOPT  A  RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR AN
    5  EXEMPTION TO THE EXTENT OF FIFTY PER CENTUM OF THE ASSESSED VALUATION OF
    6  RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF  THIS  SECTION.
    7  SUCH  RESOLUTION MAY PROVIDE A SCHOOL TAX EXEMPTION ON RESIDENTIAL PROP-
    8  ERTY OWNED BY A VETERAN WITH AT LEAST A FORTY  PERCENT  DISABILITY,  WHO
    9  RESIDES ON THE REAL PROPERTY.
   10    2. TO QUALIFY AS A FORTY PERCENT OR MORE DISABLED VETERAN, AN INDIVID-
   11  UAL  SHALL  SUBMIT TO THE ASSESSOR A CERTIFIED STATEMENT FROM THE UNITED
   12  STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS WHICH STATES THAT THE  INDIVIDUAL
   13  HAS  A  PERMANENT  SERVICE RELATED PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT WHICH LIMITS SUCH
   14  INDIVIDUAL'S MAJOR LIFE ACTIVITIES BY AT LEAST FORTY PERCENT.
   15    3. SUCH EXEMPTION SHALL BE GRANTED ONLY UPON APPLICATION BY THE  OWNER
   16  OF  THE  REAL  PROPERTY  ON  A FORM PRESCRIBED AND MADE AVAILABLE BY THE
   17  STATE BOARD.
   18    S 2. This act shall take effect June 1, 2012.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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