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Assembly Bill A4206

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes a tax abatement for certain real property occupied by disabled veterans

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2009-A4206 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Real Property Taxation
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง467-b, RPT L

2009-A4206 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes a municipal corporation to allow disabled veterans who are not receiving public assistance, but who are entitled to the possession or to the use or occupancy of a dwelling unit, to be considered heads of households for purpose of eligibility for a tax abatement for rent regulated property.

2009-A4206 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4206

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 30, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. MENG -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Real Property Taxation

AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to authorizing  a
  tax  abatement for certain rental property occupied by disabled veter-
  ans

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

  Section  1.  The  section  heading and paragraph b of subdivision 1 of
section 467-b of the real property tax law, as amended by section  1  of
chapter 188 of the laws of 2005, are amended to read as follows:
  Tax abatement for rent-controlled and rent regulated property occupied
by  senior  citizens [or], persons with CERTAIN disabilities OR VETERANS
WITH CERTAIN DISABILITIES.
  b. "Head of the household" means a person (i) who is  sixty-two  years
of  age  or  older,  or (ii) who qualifies as a person with a disability
pursuant to subdivision five of  this  section,  OR,  UPON  APPROVAL  BY
RESOLUTION, ORDINANCE OR LOCAL LAW BY A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, (III) WHO
IS  A  DISABLED  VETERAN  AS DEFINED IN SECTION EIGHTY-FIVE OF THE CIVIL
SERVICE LAW, and is entitled to the possession or to the use or occupan-
cy of a dwelling unit;
  S 2. The section heading and paragraph b of subdivision 1  of  section
467-b  of  the real property tax law, as amended by section 2 of chapter
188 of the laws of 2005, are amended to read as follows:
  Tax abatement for rent controlled property occupied by senior citizens
[or], persons with CERTAIN disabilities OR VETERANS WITH  CERTAIN  DISA-
BILITIES.
  b.  "Head  of the household" means a person (i) who is sixty-two years
of age or older, or (ii) who qualifies as a  person  with  a  disability
pursuant  to  subdivision  five  of  this  section, OR, UPON APPROVAL BY
RESOLUTION, ORDINANCE OR LOCAL LAW BY A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, (III) WHO
IS A DISABLED VETERAN AS DEFINED IN SECTION  EIGHTY-FIVE  OF  THE  CIVIL

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04889-01-9

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