Bill Text: NY S05529 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Exempts veterans from the payment of certain fees relating to corporations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-08 - PRINT NUMBER 5529A [S05529 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5529
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 14, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,  Authorities
         and Commissions
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the business corporations law and the not-for-profit
         corporation law, in relation to exempting veterans from the payment of
         certain fees relating to corporations
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  business  corporation law is amended by adding a new
    2  section 104-B to read as follows:
    3  S 104-B. VETERAN EXEMPTION FROM FEES.
    4    (A) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "VETERAN" MEANS A  MEMBER  OF  THE  ARMED
    5  FORCES  OF  THE UNITED STATES WHO SERVED THEREIN IN TIME OF WAR, WHO WAS
    6  HONORABLY DISCHARGED OR RELEASED UNDER HONORABLE CIRCUMSTANCES FROM SUCH
    7  SERVICE, WHO IS A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED  STATES  OR  AN  ALIEN  LAWFULLY
    8  ADMITTED FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCE IN THE UNITED STATES AND WHO IS A RESI-
    9  DENT  OF  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK AT THE TIME OF UNDERTAKING AN ACTION
   10  SUBJECT TO A FEE PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED FOUR-A OF THIS ARTICLE.
   11    (B) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, NO  VETERAN  SHALL  BE
   12  REQUIRED  TO  PAY  THE  FEES  OTHERWISE  REQUIRED BY SECTION ONE HUNDRED
   13  FOUR-A OF THIS ARTICLE.
   14    (C) STATUS AS A VETERAN PURSUANT TO  PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF  THIS  SECTION
   15  SHALL BE DOCUMENTED PURSUANT TO RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE
   16  COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
   17    S  2.  The  not-for-profit  corporation law is amended by adding a new
   18  section 104-B to read as follows:
   19  S 104-B. VETERAN EXEMPTION FROM FEES.
   20    (A) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "VETERAN" MEANS A  MEMBER  OF  THE  ARMED
   21  FORCES  OF  THE UNITED STATES WHO SERVED THEREIN IN TIME OF WAR, WHO WAS
   22  HONORABLY DISCHARGED OR RELEASED UNDER HONORABLE CIRCUMSTANCES FROM SUCH
   23  SERVICE, WHO IS A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED  STATES  OR  AN  ALIEN  LAWFULLY
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  ADMITTED FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCE IN THE UNITED STATES AND WHO IS A RESI-
    2  DENT  OF  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK AT THE TIME OF UNDERTAKING AN ACTION
    3  SUBJECT TO A FEE PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED FOUR-A OF THIS ARTICLE.
    4    (B)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, NO VETERAN SHALL BE
    5  REQUIRED TO PAY THE FEES  OTHERWISE  REQUIRED  BY  SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED
    6  FOUR-A OF THIS ARTICLE.
    7    (C)  STATUS  AS  A  VETERAN  PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SECTION
    8  SHALL BE DOCUMENTED PURSUANT TO RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE
    9  COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
   10    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.