Senate Bill S38

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Includes the war on terrorism within the definition of "period of war" for purposes of the veterans alternative property tax exemption

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S38 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6464
Current Committee:
Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §458-a, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S596, A5636
2013-2014: A5029
2015-2016: A3784
2017-2018: A6577
2019-2020: A4532

2009-S38 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes the war on terrorism which commenced in 2001, within the definition of "period of war" for purposes of the veterans alternative property tax exemption.

2009-S38 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S38 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   38

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by Sen. FUSCHILLO -- 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 real property tax law, in relation to including the
  war on terrorism within the definition of "period of war" for purposes
  of the veterans alternative property tax exemption

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 458-a of the real
property  tax  law,  as  amended  by chapter 179 of the laws of 2006, is
amended to read as follows:
  (a) "Period of war" means the Spanish-American war; the Mexican border
period; World War I; World War II; the hostilities, known as the  Korean
war,  which  commenced  June  twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred fifty and
terminated on January thirty-first,  nineteen  hundred  fifty-five;  the
hostilities,  known as the Vietnam war, which commenced February twenty-
eighth, nineteen hundred sixty-one and terminated on May seventh,  nine-
teen  hundred  seventy-five; [and] the hostilities, known as the Persian
Gulf conflict, which commenced August second, nineteen  hundred  ninety;
AND  THE  HOSTILITIES, KNOWN AS THE WAR ON TERRORISM, WHICH COMMENCED IN
TWO THOUSAND ONE INCLUDING THE HOSTILITIES IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ.
  S 2. Subdivision 3 of section 458-a of the real property tax  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  646  of  the  laws  of 2004, is amended to read as
follows:
  3. Application for exemption must be made by the owner, or all of  the
owners,  of  the  property  on a form prescribed by the state board. The
owner or owners shall file the completed form in the  assessor's  office
on or before the appropriate taxable status date PROVIDED THAT ANY CITY,
COUNTY,  TOWN OR VILLAGE MAY ELECT, BY PASSAGE OF A LOCAL LAW, TO ACCEPT
AN APPLICATION MADE BY AN OWNER WHO IS OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE FOR EXEMPTION,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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