Bill Text: NY A05988 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides an enhanced real property tax exemption for veterans, regardless of income.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to veterans' affairs [A05988 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A05988-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5988
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     March 9, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SCHIMMINGER -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Veterans' Affairs
       AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to  providing  an
         enhanced exemption for veterans regardless of income
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 425 of  the  real
    2  property  tax  law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (vii) to read
    3  as follows:
    4    (VII) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH,  ANY
    5  VETERAN,  AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (E) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION FOUR
    6  HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT-A OF THIS TITLE,  SHALL  QUALIFY  FOR  THE  ENHANCED
    7  EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY THIS SECTION.
    8    S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
    9  ing 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.
                                                                  LBD09421-01-5