Bill Text: NY S01327 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | 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) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS [S01327 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S01327-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1327 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 14, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FUNKE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi- ty 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. LBD07089-01-9
