Bill Text: NY S00406 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Increases, at local option, real property tax exemptions for combat veterans who are 100% permanently disabled.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS [S00406 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S00406-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                           406
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
          ty and Military Affairs
        AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to real  property
          tax exemptions 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. Subdivision 2 of section 458-a of the real property tax law
     2  is amended by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
     3    (e) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (a), (b) and  (c)  of
     4  this  subdivision,  a  county,  city,  town,  village or school district
     5  acting by and through its governing body, may grant to a veteran, or the
     6  unmarried surviving spouse of such veteran, who served in a combat thea-
     7  tre or combat zone of operations, and who is one hundred  percent  disa-
     8  bled  as  a  result of military service, a one hundred percent exemption
     9  from real property  taxation.  The  local  maximum  exemption  allowance
    10  adopted  by  a  local  law pursuant to paragraph (d) of this subdivision
    11  shall not apply to such  exemptions  of  one  hundred  percent  disabled
    12  veterans.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to assess-
    14  ment rolls prepared on and after January 1, 2020.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03090-01-9
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