Bill Text: NY S05279 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Grants municipalities the authority to provide real property tax exemptions for certain cold war veterans.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-20 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S05279 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S05279-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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           S. 5279                                                  A. 7401
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                             S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 15, 2013
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       IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
         ed,  and  when  printed  to be committed to the Committee on Veterans,
         Homeland Security and Military Affairs
       IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A.  ENGLEBRIGHT,  COLTON,  ROSENTHAL,
         RAIA,   KEARNS,  SCARBOROUGH,  SANTABARBARA,  STEC,  MOSLEY,  GUNTHER,
         ROBERTS, ZEBROWSKI, MAISEL, SIMANOWITZ, COOK, DIPIETRO,  GRAF,  FINCH,
         SEPULVEDA,  HOOPER  --  Multi-Sponsored  by -- M. of A. ABBATE, CLARK,
         GABRYSZAK, GIBSON, LALOR, McKEVITT, PALMESANO, RA,  RIVERA,  ROBINSON,
         THIELE,  WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Real
         Property Taxation
       AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to granting muni-
         cipalities the authority to provide real property tax  exemptions  for
         certain cold war veterans
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 458-b of the real property tax law  is  amended  by
    2  adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
    3    8. A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN, OR VILLAGE MAY ADOPT A LOCAL LAW TO INCLUDE A
    4  MALE  OR  FEMALE VETERAN WHO SERVED UNDER THE FEDERAL RESERVE FORCES ACT
    5  OF 1955, PUBLIC LAW 305, 84TH CONGRESS (69 STAT. 598)  DURING  THE  COLD
    6  WAR  PERIOD  WITHIN  THE DEFINITION OF "COLD WAR VETERAN" AS PROVIDED IN
    7  PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF  THIS  SECTION  PROVIDED  THAT  SUCH
    8  VETERANS  MEET  ALL  OTHER  QUALIFICATIONS  UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
    9  SECTION.
   10    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to assess-
   11  ment rolls on the basis of taxable status dates occurring  on  or  after
   12  the  second  day  of  January next succeeding the date on which this act
   13  shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10517-01-3