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Feb 25, 2016 | referred to housing delivered to assembly passed senate |
Feb 08, 2016 | ordered to third reading cal.143 committee discharged and committed to rules print number 932a |
Feb 08, 2016 | amend and recommit to veterans, homeland security and military affairs |
Jan 06, 2016 | referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs returned to senate died in assembly |
May 19, 2015 | referred to housing delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 18, 2015 | ordered to third reading cal.706 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Jan 07, 2015 | referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs |
senate Bill S932A
Sponsored By
Tony Avella
(D) 0 Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Passed Senate
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David Carlucci
(D) 0 Senate District
S932 - Details
S932 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S932 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public housing law, in relation to veterans' eligibility for public housing PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: The legislation amends the eligibility provisions of the public housing law to expand eligibility to veterans, and their surviving spouses, who served or are serving in United States Armed Forces from September 14, 2001 to December 31, 2016. The legislation also requires public housing authorities to grant preference to eligible veterans or families of veterans who have a military service related disability. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill amends subparagraph 1 of paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 156 of the public housing law, as amended by chapter 179 of the laws of 2006, by expanding the eligibility requirements to veterans who served in the armed forces of the United States for a period of at least six months between the fourteenth day of September 2001 and the thirty-first day of December 2016. Section 2 of the bill amends Section 156 of the public housing law by adding a new subdivision 8 that will require public housing authorities to grant a preference in the selection of tenants to
S932 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 932 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi- ty and Military Affairs AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to veterans' eligi- bility for public housing THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 156 of the public housing law, as amended by chapter 179 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows: (1) have served in the armed forces of the United States for a period of at least six months (or any shorter period which terminated due to death or injury incurred in such service), provided some portion of the period of service was between the twenty-eighth day of February, nine- teen hundred sixty-one to the seventh day of May, nineteen hundred seventy-five, OR BETWEEN THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, TWO THOUSAND ONE TO THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER, TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN, and S 2. Section 156 of the public housing law is amended by adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows: 8. AN AUTHORITY SHALL GRANT A PREFERENCE IN THE SELECTION OF TENANTS TO VETERANS OR FAMILIES OF VETERANS WHO HAVE A MILITARY SERVICE CONNECTED DISABILITY PROVIDED THAT SUCH VETERANS OR FAMILIES OF VETERANS OTHERWISE QUALIFY FOR OCCUPANCY IN SUCH AN AUTHORITY'S PROJECTS AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT SUCH AUTHORITY HAS COMPLIED WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 960.206 OF TITLE 24 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS RELATING TO SUCH PREFERENCES. S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01954-01-5
Co-Sponsors
David Carlucci
(D) 0 Senate District
S932A (ACTIVE) - Details
S932A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S932A REVISED MEMO 02/09/2016 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the public housing law, in relation to veterans' eligibility for public housing PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : The legislation amends the eligibility provisions of the public housing law to expand eligibility to veterans, and their surviving spouses, who served or are serving in United States Armed Forces from September 14, 2001 to December 31, 2017. The legislation also requires public housing authorities to grant preference to eligible veterans or families of veterans who have a military service related disability. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 of the bill amends subparagraph 1 of paragraph b of subdivision I of section 156 of the public housing law, as amended by chapter 179 of the laws of 2006, by expanding the eligibility requirements to veterans who served in the armed forces of the United States for a period of at least six months between the fourteenth day of September 2001 and the thirty-first day of December 2017. Section 2 of the bill amends Section 156 of the public housing law by adding a new subdivision 8 that will require public housing authorities to grant a preference in the selection of tenants to
S932A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 932--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sens. AVELLA, CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Home- land Security and Military Affairs -- recommitted to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to veterans' eligi- bility for public housing THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 156 of the public housing law, as amended by chapter 179 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows: (1) have served in the armed forces of the United States for a period of at least six months (or any shorter period which terminated due to death or injury incurred in such service), provided some portion of the period of service was between the twenty-eighth day of February, nine- teen hundred sixty-one to the seventh day of May, nineteen hundred seventy-five, OR BETWEEN THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, TWO THOUSAND ONE TO THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER, TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN, and S 2. Section 156 of the public housing law is amended by adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows: 8. AN AUTHORITY SHALL GRANT A PREFERENCE IN THE SELECTION OF TENANTS TO VETERANS OR FAMILIES OF VETERANS WHO HAVE A MILITARY SERVICE CONNECTED DISABILITY PROVIDED THAT SUCH VETERANS OR FAMILIES OF VETERANS OTHERWISE QUALIFY FOR OCCUPANCY IN SUCH AN AUTHORITY'S PROJECTS AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT SUCH AUTHORITY HAS COMPLIED WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 960.206 OF TITLE 24 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS RELATING TO SUCH PREFERENCES. S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01954-02-6
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