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Senate Bill S3218

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Grants municipalities the authority to provide real property tax exemptions for certain cold war veterans

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2015-S3218 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4506
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง458-b, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S5279, A7401
2017-2018: S3230, A2624
2019-2020: A3350
2021-2022: A7466

2015-S3218 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants municipalities the authority to provide real property tax exemptions for certain cold war veterans.

2015-S3218 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S3218 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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    S. 3218                                                  A. 4506

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                            February 3, 2015
                               ___________

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, SIMANOWITZ, COOK, DiPIETRO, GRAF, FINCH,  SEPULVE-
  DA,  HOOPER,  MILLER, GALEF, BORELLI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  ABBATE, CLARK,  LALOR,  McKEVITT,  PALMESANO,  RA,  RIVERA,  ROBINSON,
  THIELE  --  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 9 to read as follows:
  9. 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.
                                                           LBD03270-01-5

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