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Assembly Bill A6915A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

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

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2017-A6915 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6033
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §467-b, RPT L

2017-A6915 - 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.

2017-A6915 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6915
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 24, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HARRIS -- 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 j to read as follows:
   J.  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.
   § 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.
                                                            LBD09016-01-7

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2017-A6915A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6033
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §467-b, RPT L

2017-A6915A (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.

2017-A6915A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6915--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 24, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. HARRIS, HYNDMAN, ORTIZ, VANEL, SIMON, MOSLEY,
   CRESPO, GJONAJ, DICKENS, SEPULVEDA, HEVESI, GLICK  --  Multi-Sponsored
   by  --  M.  of  A.   BRAUNSTEIN, COOK -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Aging -- reported and referred to the Committee  on  Ways
   and  Means -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 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 j to read as follows:
   J. 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  LIMITED  ENGLISH  PROFICIENCY  OR
 OTHERWISE REQUIRE COMMUNICATION ASSISTANCE.  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.
   § 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.

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