Bill Text: NY S06427 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to authorizing eligible surviving members of the household to apply for a transfer of the head of household's benefit under the SCRIE and DRIE programs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-04-08 - SIGNED CHAP.31 [S06427 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06427-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                         6427--A
            Cal. No. 38
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 8, 2016
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- reported  favora-
          bly  from said committee, ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate
          and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote  reconsidered,  restored
          to  third  reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place
          in the order of third reading
        AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in  relation  to  authorizing
          eligible surviving members of the household to apply for a transfer of
          the head of household's benefit under the SCRIE and DRIE programs
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 4-a of section 467-b of the real  property  tax
     2  law,  as  added  by section 1 of a chapter of the laws of 2015, amending
     3  the real property tax law relating  to  authorizing  eligible  surviving
     4  members  of  the household to apply for a transfer of the head of house-
     5  hold's benefit under the SCRIE and DRIE programs, as proposed in  legis-
     6  lative  bills  numbers  A.7247-A  and  S.5826-A,  is  amended to read as
     7  follows:
     8    4-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, where
     9  a head of household who holds a current, valid tax abatement certificate
    10  dies or permanently leaves the household as specified in  rules  promul-
    11  gated  by the administrative agency, a surviving member of the household
    12  who is eligible under this  section  may  apply  to  transfer  the  rent
    13  increase exemption from the [deceased] head of household who has died or
    14  permanently  left  the  household  into  their  name  and  continue  the
    15  exemption as the new head of household. The option to transfer the  rent
    16  increase  exemption  shall be available for a period of six months after
    17  the [death of the] head of household  dies  or  permanently  leaves  the
    18  household  or  ninety days after the date of notice from the administra-
    19  tive agency informing the household that  the  rent  increase  exemption
    20  benefit  has  expired upon the death of the head of household, whichever
    21  is later. Such notice shall include an explanation  of  the  process  to
    22  transfer the exemption to an eligible surviving household member and the
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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