Senate Bill S6231

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Provides that people receiving a United States Postal Service disability pension are eligible to participate in the disability rent increase exemption program

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S6231 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8679
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง467-b, RPT L

2015-S6231 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that people receiving a United States Postal Service disability pension are eligible to participate in the disability rent increase exemption program.

2015-S6231 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S6231 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6231

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 6, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- 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 making persons
  receiving a disability pension from the United States  Postal  Service
  eligible for the disability rent increase exemption program

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

  Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 5 of section 467-b of  the  real
property  tax law, as amended by section 1 of chapter 188 of the laws of
2005, is amended to read as follows:
  a. To qualify as a person with a disability for the purposes  of  this
section,  an  individual  shall  submit  to the appropriate rent control
agency or administrative agency proof sufficient  to  such  agency  that
such  individual  is  currently receiving (I) social security disability
insurance (SSDI) [or], (II) supplemental security income (SSI)  benefits
under  the federal social security act [or], (III) disability pension or
disability compensation benefits provided by the United  States  depart-
ment  of veterans affairs, (IV) DISABILITY PENSION OR DISABILITY COMPEN-
SATION BENEFITS PROVIDED BY THE UNITED STATES  POSTAL  SERVICE,  or  (V)
those  previously  eligible  by  virtue of receiving disability benefits
under the supplemental security income program or  the  social  security
disability  program  and currently receiving medical assistance benefits
based on determination  of  disability  as  provided  in  section  three
hundred sixty-six of the social services law.
  S 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 5 of section 467-b of the real proper-
ty  tax law, as amended by section 2 of chapter 188 of the laws of 2005,
is amended to read as follows:
  a. To qualify as a person with a disability for the purposes  of  this
section,  an  individual  shall  submit  to the appropriate rent control
agency or administrative agency proof sufficient  to  such  agency  that
such  individual  is  currently receiving (I) social security disability
insurance (SSDI) [or], (II) supplemental security income (SSI)  benefits
under  the federal social security act [or], (III) disability pension or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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