Bill Text: NY S00870 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 870 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides for additional veteran real property owner exemption where veteran is otherwise eligible but not yet discharged from a current combat duty status.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-05-24 - referred to veterans' affairs [S00870 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S00870-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          870
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    January 7, 2015
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       Introduced  by Sens. RANZENHOFER, DeFRANCISCO, GALLIVAN, GOLDEN, LARKIN,
         LAVALLE, MARCHIONE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed
         to be committed to the Committee on Veterans,  Homeland  Security  and
         Military Affairs
       AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to veteran eligi-
         bility for real property tax exemptions
         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 (b-1) to read as follows:
    3    (B-1) EACH COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE MAY  ADOPT  A  LOCAL  LAW  TO
    4  AUTHORIZE  VETERANS  WHO  HAVE  NOT  BEEN  DISCHARGED OR RELEASED FROM A
    5  CURRENT, SUBSEQUENT MILITARY SERVICE PERIOD, BUT OTHERWISE  QUALIFY  FOR
    6  BOTH  EXEMPTIONS PROVIDED FOR BY PARAGRAPHS (A) AND (B) OF THIS SUBDIVI-
    7  SION, TO RECEIVE BOTH EXEMPTIONS.
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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