| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2014 |
committed to rules |
| Mar 20, 2014 |
advanced to third reading |
| Mar 19, 2014 |
2nd report cal. |
| Mar 18, 2014 |
1st report cal.320 |
| Jan 08, 2014 |
referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs |
| May 15, 2013 |
referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs |
Senate Bill S5279
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
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2013-S5279 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-S5279 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5279
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the real property tax law, in relation
to granting municipalities the authority to provide real property tax
exemptions for certain cold war veterans
PURPOSE:
To allow municipalities to include military members who served under
the Federal Reserve Forces Act of 1955 in the definition of "Cold War
Veteran" for the purposes of real property tax exemptions.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This bill would add a new subdivision to section 458-b of the real
property tax law to give counties, cities, towns and villages the
authority to adopt a local law granting those former military members
that served under the Federal Reserve Forces Act of 1955 access to
real property tax exemptions that the locality has in place for
veterans.
JUSTIFICATION:
As it stands now, the brave men and women who answered the call to
serve their country as reservists under the Federal Reserve Forces Act
of 1955 do not fall under the definition of Cold War Veteran, and are
2013-S5279 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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S. 5279 A. 7401
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
May 15, 2013
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IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans,
Homeland Security and Military Affairs
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, COLTON, ROSENTHAL,
RAIA, KEARNS, SCARBOROUGH, SANTABARBARA, STEC, MOSLEY, GUNTHER,
ROBERTS, ZEBROWSKI, MAISEL, SIMANOWITZ, COOK, DIPIETRO, GRAF, FINCH,
SEPULVEDA, HOOPER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE, CLARK,
GABRYSZAK, GIBSON, LALOR, McKEVITT, PALMESANO, RA, RIVERA, ROBINSON,
THIELE, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Real
Property Taxation
AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to granting muni-
cipalities the authority to provide real property tax exemptions for
certain cold war veterans
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 458-b of the real property tax law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
8. A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN, OR VILLAGE MAY ADOPT A LOCAL LAW TO INCLUDE A
MALE OR FEMALE VETERAN WHO SERVED UNDER THE FEDERAL RESERVE FORCES ACT
OF 1955, PUBLIC LAW 305, 84TH CONGRESS (69 STAT. 598) DURING THE COLD
WAR PERIOD WITHIN THE DEFINITION OF "COLD WAR VETERAN" AS PROVIDED IN
PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION PROVIDED THAT SUCH
VETERANS MEET ALL OTHER QUALIFICATIONS UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SECTION.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to assess-
ment rolls on the basis of taxable status dates occurring on or after
the second day of January next succeeding the date on which this act
shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10517-01-3
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