Bill Text: NY S00017 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Provides additional rent protection for senior citizens whose household income does not exceed $70,000 in cases where their rent is more than one-half of their income.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO AGING [S00017 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S00017-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         17--A
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced by Sens. DIAZ, KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
         when  printed  to  be committed to the Committee on Aging -- committee
         discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
         to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation  to  adding  rent
         protection  for senior citizens whose household income does not exceed
         seventy thousand dollars in cases where their rent is more  than  one-
         half of their income
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 467-b of the real property tax law  is  amended  by
    2  adding a new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
    3    10. A.  NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISIONS TWO AND THREE OF THIS SECTION, OR
    4  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF  LAW  TO  THE CONTRARY, AND IN ADDITION TO ANY
    5  EXISTING SENIOR CITIZEN RENT EXEMPTION, THE GOVERNING BODY OF ANY  CITY,
    6  TOWN  OR  VILLAGE  IS  HEREBY  AUTHORIZED  AND EMPOWERED TO ADOPT, AFTER
    7  PUBLIC HEARING, A LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION PROVIDING  FOR  THE
    8  ABATEMENT OF TAXES OF SAID MUNICIPAL CORPORATION IMPOSED ON REAL PROPER-
    9  TY  CONTAINING  A  DWELLING UNIT AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION BY AN AMOUNT
   10  NOT IN EXCESS OF THAT PORTION OF ANY  INCREASE  IN  MAXIMUM  RENT  WHICH
   11  CAUSES  SUCH  MAXIMUM  RENT TO EXCEED ONE-HALF OF THE COMBINED INCOME OF
   12  ALL MEMBERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD, WHERE: (1) THE HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD IS  A
   13  PERSON  SIXTY-TWO  YEARS  OF  AGE OR OLDER; AND (2) THE HOUSEHOLD INCOME
   14  DOES NOT EXCEED SEVENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR.
   15    B. ANY SUCH LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO
   16  PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION, SHALL PROVIDE THAT FOR A DWELLING  UNIT
   17  WHERE  THE HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD QUALIFIES AS A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY
   18  PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS SECTION, NO TAX ABATEMENT SHALL  BE
   19  GRANTED  IF THE COMBINED INCOME FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD FOR THE
   20  CURRENT INCOME TAX YEAR EXCEEDS THE MAXIMUM INCOME AT WHICH SUCH HEAD OF
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00933-03-3
       S. 17--A                            2
    1  THE HOUSEHOLD WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE CASH SUPPLEMENTAL SECURI-
    2  TY INCOME BENEFITS UNDER FEDERAL LAW DURING SUCH TAX YEAR.
    3    S 2. Section 467-c of the real property tax law is amended by adding a
    4  new subdivision 13 to read as follows:
    5    13.  A.  NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISIONS TWO AND THREE OF THIS SECTION OR
    6  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE  CONTRARY,  AND  IN  ADDITION  TO  ANY
    7  EXISTING  SENIOR  CITIZEN RENT EXEMPTION, THE GOVERNING BODY OF ANY CITY
    8  HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE,  ACTING  THROUGH  ITS  LOCAL
    9  LEGISLATIVE  BODY  OR  OTHER  GOVERNING  AGENCY IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND
   10  EMPOWERED TO ADOPT AND AMEND LOCAL LAWS  OR  ORDINANCES  PROVIDING  THAT
   11  REAL  PROPERTY  OF  A HOUSING COMPANY SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM REAL PROPERTY
   12  TAXES, IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE RENT INCREASE EXEMPTIONS ACTUALLY CRED-
   13  ITED TO ELIGIBLE HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION. ANY  SUCH
   14  EXEMPTION  SHALL  BE  IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER EXEMPTION OR ABATEMENT OF
   15  TAXES AUTHORIZED BY LAW.
   16    B. ANY SUCH LOCAL LAW OR ORDINANCE SHALL PROVIDE THAT A  HEAD  OF  THE
   17  HOUSEHOLD   SIXTY-TWO YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, WHOSE HOUSEHOLD INCOME DOES
   18  NOT EXCEED SEVENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR, MAY OBTAIN A RENT INCREASE
   19  EXEMPTION ORDER/TAX ABATEMENT CERTIFICATE ENTITLING HIM  OR  HER  TO  AN
   20  EXEMPTION FROM INCREASES IN THE MAXIMUM RENT OTHERWISE PAYABLE WHERE THE
   21  HEAD  OF  THE HOUSEHOLD DOES NOT RECEIVE A MONTHLY ALLOWANCE FOR SHELTER
   22  PURSUANT TO THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, THE AMOUNT BY  WHICH  INCREASES  IN
   23  THE  MAXIMUM  RENT  SUBSEQUENT  TO  SUCH  PERSON'S ELIGIBILITY DATE HAVE
   24  RESULTED IN THE MAXIMUM RENT  EXCEEDING ONE-HALF OF THE COMBINED  INCOME
   25  OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD FOR THE TAXABLE PERIOD.
   26    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided however that the
   27  amendments to section 467-b of the real property tax law made by section
   28  one  of  this  act  shall  survive  the expiration and reversion of such
   29  section as provided in section 17 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1974, as
   30  amended.