S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2672 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 28, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development AN ACT to amend the private housing finance law, in relation to the exclusion of a veteran's disability benefits from the computation of income in the selection of tenants THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 31 of the private housing finance law is amended 2 by adding a new subdivision 13 to read as follows: 3 13. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION, PROBABLE AGGREGATE ANNUAL 4 INCOME SHALL NOT INCLUDE DISABILITY BENEFITS PAID BY THE FEDERAL GOVERN- 5 MENT TO A VETERAN FOR A SERVICE CONNECTED DISABILITY NOR SHALL SUCH 6 BENEFITS BE INCLUDED IN COMPUTING ANY SURCHARGE AGAINST SUCH VETERAN. 7 S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of August next succeeding 8 the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07258-01-1