| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2014 |
recommit, enacting clause stricken |
| Jan 08, 2014 |
referred to aging |
| Apr 24, 2013 |
referred to aging |
Senate Bill S4789
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken
Actions
2013-S4789 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-S4789 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4789
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the real property tax law, in relation
to providing language access services to individuals relating to the
tax abatement program for rent-controlled and rent-regulated property
occupied by senior citizens or persons with disabilities
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill would require
municipalities that have the senior citizen rent increase exemption
(SCRIE) and disabled rent increase exemption (DRIE) program to ensure
that individuals who have difficulty speaking or understanding English
would have the same opportunity to participate in the SCRIE/DRIE
program as other individuals.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1. This bill would require municipalities that offer the
SCRIE/DRIE program to develop and implement a plan to make sure that
individuals who have trouble speaking or understanding English have
adequate access to the program. This plan would include:
1) Translation of necessary documents into the six most common
non-English languages spoken in the municipality;
2) Provision of interpretive services upon request; and
2013-S4789 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
4789
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
April 24, 2013
___________
Introduced by Sen. SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging
AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to providing
language access services to individuals relating to the tax abatement
program for rent-controlled and rent-regulated property occupied by
senior citizens or persons with disabilities
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 467-b of the real property tax law
is amended by adding a new paragraph i to read as follows:
I. THE ENTITY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE TAX ABATEMENT
PROGRAM SHALL DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A PLAN TO ENSURE ADEQUATE ACCESS TO
INFORMATION BY INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE DIFFICULTIES SPEAKING OR UNDERSTAND-
ING ENGLISH. SUCH ENTITY SHALL:
(1) TRANSLATE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FORMS
AND INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED TO OR COMPLETED BY THE PROGRAM BENEFICIARIES
OR PARTICIPANTS, INTO THE SIX MOST COMMON NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGES SPOKEN
BY INDIVIDUALS WITH LIMITED-ENGLISH PROFICIENCY IN THE MUNICIPALITY THAT
OFFERS THIS PROGRAM PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION;
(2) OFFER, UPON REQUEST, INTERPRETATION SERVICES BETWEEN THE ENTITY
ADMINISTERING THE PROGRAM AND AN INDIVIDUAL IN HIS OR HER PRIMARY
LANGUAGE WITH RESPECT TO THE PROVISION OF SERVICES OR BENEFITS; AND
(3) OFFER, UPON REQUEST OR DEMONSTRATED NEED, SERVICES TO AN INDIVID-
UAL WHO REQUIRES ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE DUE TO PARTIAL OR TOTAL DEAFNESS,
BLINDNESS, SPEECH IMPEDIMENT, OR COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
the amendments to subdivision 3 of section 467-b of the real property
tax law made by section one of this act shall not affect the expiration
and reversion of such section and shall be deemed to expire therewith.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07971-01-3
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