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Senate Bill S6674

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to certain certification required for eligibility for the real property tax exemption for persons with disabilities and limited incomes

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2013-S6674 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง459-c, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S4752
2017-2018: S888

2013-S6674 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to certain certification required for eligibility for the real property tax exemption for persons with disabilities and limited incomes.

2013-S6674 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S6674 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6674

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 26, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. MARTINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to the real prop-
  erty tax exemption for persons with disabilities and limited incomes

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

  Section  1.  Subparagraph  (i)  of  paragraph  (b) of subdivision 2 of
section 459-c of the real property tax law, as amended by chapter 265 of
the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
  (i) is certified  to  receive  social  security  disability  insurance
(SSDI)  or supplemental security income (SSI) benefits under the federal
Social Security Act, or IF SUCH PERSON IS UNABLE TO OBTAIN SUCH  CERTIF-
ICATION  DUE  TO  A  LACK OF SUFFICIENT WORK CREDITS TO QUALIFY FOR SSDI
BENEFITS, A DENIAL OR DISAPPROVAL LETTER OR NOTICE OF DISAPPROVED  CLAIM
FROM  THE  SOCIAL  SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (SSA) TOGETHER WITH A MEDICAL
CERTIFICATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S QUALIFYING DISABILITY  PREPARED  BY  A
DULY  LICENSED  PHYSICIAN  SHALL  BE DEEMED SUFFICIENT IN LIEU OF AN SSA
CERTIFICATION, OR
  S 2. The closing paragraph of subdivision 2 of section  459-c  of  the
real property tax law, as amended by chapter 265 of the laws of 2013, is
amended to read as follows:
  An  award  letter from the Social Security Administration or the Rail-
road Retirement Board, or a certificate from the  state  commission  for
the  blind, or an award letter from the United States Postal Service, or
an award letter from the United States department  of  veterans  affairs
shall  be  submitted  as proof of disability.   IF A PERSON IS UNABLE TO
OBTAIN AN AWARD LETTER FROM THE SOCIAL SECURITY  ADMINISTRATION  DUE  TO
INSUFFICIENT  WORK  CREDITS TO QUALIFY FOR SSDI, A DENIAL OR DISAPPROVAL
LETTER OR NOTICE OF DISAPPROVED CLAIM FROM THE SOCIAL SECURITY  ADMINIS-
TRATION TOGETHER WITH A MEDICAL CERTIFICATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S QUALI-
FYING  DISABILITY  PREPARED BY A DULY LICENSED PHYSICIAN SHALL BE DEEMED
SUFFICIENT IN LIEU OF AN AWARD LETTER FROM THE SOCIAL SECURITY  ADMINIS-
TRATION.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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

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