Includes the war on terrorism within the definition of "period of war" for purposes of the veterans alternative property tax exemption; clarifies the availability of real property tax exemptions for activated reservists who return from active duty but remain affiliated with a reserve unit.
BILL NUMBER:A10539
TITLE OF BILL:
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
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To ascertain that reservists fighting the "war on terror" in
Afghanistan and Iraq since 2001 receive the same alternative
property tax exemptions as veterans who served in other armed
conflicts specifically enumerated in the real property tax law.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 of the bill adds the hostilities known as the
"war on terrorism", which commenced in 2001 and which includes
the hostilities in Afghanistan and Iraq to the definition of
"period of war".
The bill also amends the definition of "veteran" to include a reservist
who served in active military, naval or air service during a period of
war and who was released from active duty under honorable conditions,
but who remains affiliated with his o her reserve unit.
EFFECTS OF PRESENT LAW WHICH THIS BILL WOULD ALTER:
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
10539
I N A S S E M B L Y
April 2, 2010
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Introduced by M. of A. TEDISCO, BARCLAY, O'MARA, FINCH -- Multi-Spon-
sored by -- M. of A. BACALLES, CROUCH, HAWLEY, McDONOUGH, OAKS,
REILICH, SAYWARD -- read once and referred to the Committee on Real
Property Taxation
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. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16014-01-0
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