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                                   935
                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                            I N  S E N A T E
                               (PREFILED)
                             January 9, 2013
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Introduced  by  Sens. MARTINS, LARKIN, MAZIARZ -- read twice and ordered
  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Veter-
  ans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs
AN  ACT  requiring the creation of a list of suitable documentation that
  can be used by veterans applying for real property tax exemptions
  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
  Section  1.  The  executive  director  of  the office of real property
services shall create a list  of  suitable  documents  which  support  a
veteran's  eligibility to apply for real property tax exemptions, pursu-
ant to sections 458 and 458-a of the real property tax  law.  Such  list
shall include, but not be limited to the discharge certificate DD-214.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law, provided, however, that effective immediate-
ly, the executive director of the office of real property services shall
promulgate  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
this act on its effective date as authorized and directed to be made and
completed on or before such effective date.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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