Bill Text: NY S01117 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 1117 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides that, for purposes of veterans seeking to qualify for public housing, "probable aggregate annual income" shall not include disability benefits paid by federal government to veterans for service-connected disabilities; provides that such disability benefits shall not be included in computing any surcharge against such veterans.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-20 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S01117 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S01117-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1117
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 6, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  FUNKE, SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on  Veterans,  Home-
          land Security and Military Affairs
        AN  ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to the exclusion of
          veterans' disability benefits from computation of income
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1     Section  1.    Section  156  of  the public housing law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
     3     8.   For the purposes 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  disability benefits be included in computing any surcharge against  such
     7  veteran.
     8    § 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.
                                                                   LBD01364-01-7