Bill Text: NY A05571 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Grants real property tax exemption to disabled veterans regardless of whether he or she served during a "period of war".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to veterans' affairs [A05571 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A05571-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5571 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 19, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. FITZPATRICK, BRABENEC, BYRNES, DeSTEFANO, J. M. GIGLIO, DiPIETRO, HAWLEY, SALKA, TAGUE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BLANKENBUSH, MANKTELOW -- read once and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to veterans alternative exemption The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of section 458-a of the real 2 property tax law, as amended by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 (e) "Veteran" means a person (i) who served in the active military, 5 naval, or air service during a period of war, or who was a recipient of 6 the armed forces expeditionary medal, navy expeditionary medal, marine 7 corps expeditionary medal, or global war on terrorism expeditionary 8 medal, and who (1) was discharged or released therefrom under honorable 9 conditions, or (2) has a qualifying condition, as defined in section 10 three hundred fifty of the executive law, and has received a discharge 11 other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (3) is a 12 discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section three hundred fifty of 13 the executive law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct 14 or dishonorable from such service, (ii) who was employed by the War 15 Shipping Administration or Office of Defense Transportation or their 16 agents as a merchant seaman documented by the United States Coast Guard 17 or Department of Commerce, or as a civil servant employed by the United 18 States Army Transport Service (later redesignated as the United States 19 Army Transportation Corps, Water Division) or the Naval Transportation 20 Service; and who served satisfactorily as a crew member during the peri- 21 od of armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one, to 22 August fifteenth, nineteen hundred forty-five, aboard merchant vessels 23 in oceangoing, i.e., foreign, intercoastal, or coastwise service as such EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08117-01-1A. 5571 2 1 terms are defined under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and further 2 to include "near foreign" voyages between the United States and Canada, 3 Mexico, or the West Indies via ocean routes, or public vessels in ocean- 4 going service or foreign waters and who has received a Certificate of 5 Release or Discharge from Active Duty and a discharge certificate, or an 6 Honorable Service Certificate/Report of Casualty, from the department of 7 defense, (iii) who served as a United States civilian employed by the 8 American Field Service and served overseas under United States Armies 9 and United States Army Groups in world war II during the period of armed 10 conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one through May 11 eighth, nineteen hundred forty-five, and who (1) was discharged or 12 released therefrom under honorable conditions, or (2) has a qualifying 13 condition, as defined in section three hundred fifty of the executive 14 law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable 15 from such service, or (3) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in 16 section three hundred fifty of the executive law, and has received a 17 discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, (iv) 18 who served as a United States civilian Flight Crew and Aviation Ground 19 Support Employee of Pan American World Airways or one of its subsid- 20 iaries or its affiliates and served overseas as a result of Pan Ameri- 21 can's contract with Air Transport Command or Naval Air Transport Service 22 during the period of armed conflict, December fourteenth, nineteen 23 hundred forty-one through August fourteenth, nineteen hundred forty- 24 five, and who (1) was discharged or released therefrom under honorable 25 conditions, or (2) has a qualifying condition, as defined in section 26 three hundred fifty of the executive law, and has received a discharge 27 other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (3) is a 28 discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section three hundred fifty of 29 the executive law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct 30 or dishonorable from such service, [or] (v) notwithstanding any other 31 provision of law to the contrary, who are members of the reserve compo- 32 nents of the armed forces of the United States who (1) received an 33 honorable discharge or release therefrom under honorable conditions, or 34 (2) has a qualifying condition, as defined in section three hundred 35 fifty of the executive law, and has received a discharge other than bad 36 conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (3) is a discharged LGBT 37 veteran, as defined in section three hundred fifty of the executive law, 38 and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from 39 such service, but are still members of the reserve components of the 40 armed forces of the United States provided that such members meet all 41 other qualifications under the provisions of this section, or (vi) who 42 served in the active military, naval, or air service for a period of 43 more than one hundred eighty-five days and received a compensation 44 rating of sixty percent or greater, from the United States veterans 45 administration or from the United States department of defense because 46 of a service connected disability. 47 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the real 48 property tax exemptions authorized by section 458-a of the real property 49 tax law, as amended by section one of this act, shall first apply to 50 assessment rolls prepared on the basis of taxable status dates occurring 51 on or after August 30, 2008.