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Assembly Bill A4179

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to providing language access services to individuals relating to the tax abatement program

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2015-A4179 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §467-b, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A9213
2013-2014: A8978

2015-A4179 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates 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.

2015-A4179 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4179

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 29, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. BROOK-KRASNY, CYMBROWITZ, MOSLEY, COLTON, GOTT-
  FRIED, DenDEKKER, SEPULVEDA,  WRIGHT,  WEINSTEIN,  DAVILA,  HOOPER  --
  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M. of A.   CAMARA, PERRY, RIVERA, ROBINSON --
  read once and referred 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.
                                                           LBD08356-01-5

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