Bill Text: NY A10395 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Permits a claimant to submit an order determining compensation from the workers' compensation board as proof of disability for purposes of real property tax exemptions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-13 - referred to real property taxation [A10395 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A10395-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10395 IN ASSEMBLY May 13, 2022 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Cusick) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Real Property Taxation AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to tax exemptions for persons with disabilities The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) and the closing paragraph of subdivision 2 of 2 section 459-c of the real property tax law, as amended by chapter 265 of 3 the laws of 2013, are amended to read as follows: 4 (b) a person with a disability is one who has a physical or mental 5 impairment, not due to current use of alcohol or illegal drug use, which 6 substantially limits such person's ability to engage in one or more 7 major life activities, such as caring for one's self, performing manual 8 tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning and work- 9 ing, and who (i) is certified to receive social security disability 10 insurance (SSDI) or supplemental security income (SSI) benefits under 11 the federal Social Security Act, or (ii) is certified to receive Rail- 12 road Retirement Disability benefits under the federal railroad Retire- 13 ment Act, or (iii) has received a certificate from the state commission 14 for the blind stating that such person is legally blind, or (iv) is 15 certified to receive a United States Postal Service disability pension, 16 or (v) is certified to receive a United States department of veterans 17 affairs disability pension pursuant to 38 U.S.C. §1521, or (vi) has 18 received an order from the chair of the workers' compensation board 19 pursuant to article two of the workers' compensation law determining an 20 award for compensation for permanent total disability, as such term is 21 defined in subdivision one of section fifteen of the workers' compen- 22 sation law, or of permanent partial disability, as such term is defined 23 in subdivision three of such section fifteen. 24 An award letter from the Social Security Administration or the Rail- 25 road Retirement Board, or a certificate from the state commission for 26 the blind, or an award letter from the United States Postal Service, or 27 an award letter from the United States department of veterans affairs, 28 or an order of determination of an award for compensation for permanent EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14551-01-2A. 10395 2 1 total disability or of permanent partial disability issued by the work- 2 ers' compensation board shall be submitted as proof of disability. 3 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 4 have become a law.