Bill Text: NY A09194 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to authorizing eligible surviving members of the household to apply for a transfer of the head of household's benefit under the SCRIE and DRIE programs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-28 - substituted by s6427a [A09194 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A09194-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9194
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 2, 2016
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        Introduced  by M. of A. SIMOTAS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Aging
        AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in  relation  to  authorizing
          eligible surviving members of the household to apply for a transfer of
          the head of household's benefit under the SCRIE and DRIE programs
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 4-a of section 467-b of the real  property  tax
     2  law,  as  added  by section 1 of a chapter of the laws of 2015, amending
     3  the real property tax law relating  to  authorizing  eligible  surviving
     4  members  of  the household to apply for a transfer of the head of house-
     5  hold's benefit under the SCRIE and DRIE programs, as proposed in  legis-
     6  lative  bills  numbers  A.7247-A  and  S.5826-A,  is  amended to read as
     7  follows:
     8    4-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, where
     9  a head of household who holds a current, valid tax abatement certificate
    10  dies or permanently leaves the household as specified in  rules  promul-
    11  gated  by the administrative agency, a surviving member of the household
    12  who is eligible under this  section  may  apply  to  transfer  the  rent
    13  increase exemption from the [deceased] head of household who has died or
    14  permanently  left  the  household  into  their  name  and  continue  the
    15  exemption as the new head of household. The option to transfer the  rent
    16  increase  exemption  shall be available for a period of six months after
    17  the [death of the] head of household  dies  or  permanently  leaves  the
    18  household  or  ninety days after the date of notice from the administra-
    19  tive agency informing the household that  the  rent  increase  exemption
    20  benefit  has  expired upon the death of the head of household, whichever
    21  is later. Such notice shall include an explanation  of  the  process  to
    22  transfer the exemption to an eligible surviving household member and the
    23  time  period to do so, accompanied by the form necessary to transfer the
    24  exemption.
    25    § 2. Subdivision 4-a of section 467-c of the real property tax law, as
    26  added by section 2 of a chapter of the laws of 2015, amending  the  real
    27  property  tax  law relating to authorizing eligible surviving members of
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10544-13-6