Senate Bill S7069A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides for annual adjustment of the maximum income threshold for eligibility for SCRIE, DRIE, SCHE and DHE by any increase in the consumer price index

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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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2017-S7069 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Aging
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§467-b, 467-c, 467 & 459-c, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1134
2011-2012: S1372
2013-2014: S1218
2015-2016: S3865
2019-2020: S2363
2021-2022: S2897
2023-2024: S2960

2017-S7069 - Summary

Provides for annual adjustment of the maximum income threshold for eligibility for the senior citizens' rent increase exemption (SCRIE), disability rent increase exemption (DRIE), senior citizen homeowners' exemption (SCHE), and disabled homeowners' exemption (DHE) by any increase in the consumer price index (CPI).

2017-S7069 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7069 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7069
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 3, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to increasing the
   combined household income limit for eligibility for a  senior  citizen
   rent  increase  exemption  (SCRIE)    and for a municipal property tax
   abatement for rent-controlled and rent regulated property occupied  by
   senior citizens on the basis of the consumer price index
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 467-b of  the  real
 property tax law, as amended by section 1 of part U of chapter 55 of the
 laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  for  a  dwelling  unit where the head of the household is a person
 sixty-two years of age or older, no tax abatement shall  be  granted  if
 the  combined  income of all members of the household for the income tax
 year immediately preceding the date of making application  exceeds  four
 thousand  dollars,  or such other sum not more than twenty-five thousand
 dollars beginning July first, two  thousand  five,  twenty-six  thousand
 dollars  beginning  July  first, two thousand six, twenty-seven thousand
 dollars beginning July first, two thousand seven, twenty-eight  thousand
 dollars  beginning  July first, two thousand eight, twenty-nine thousand
 dollars beginning July first, two  thousand  nine,  and  fifty  thousand
 dollars  beginning July first, two thousand fourteen, as may be provided
 by the local law, ordinance  or  resolution  adopted  pursuant  to  this
 section, provided that when the head of the household retires before the
 commencement of such income tax year and the date of filing the applica-
 tion,  the  income  for such year may be adjusted by excluding salary or
 earnings and projecting his or her retirement  income  over  the  entire
 period  of  such year.  THE MAXIMUM INCOME THRESHOLD PROVIDED FOR HEREIN
 SHALL BE INCREASED BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONER OF THE STATE DIVISION OF
 HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL  ON JANUARY FIRST OF EACH YEAR TO  REFLECT
 ANY  INCREASE  IN  THE  REGIONAL  CONSUMER  PRICE  INDEX  FOR  THE N.Y.,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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2017-S7069A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Aging
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§467-b, 467-c, 467 & 459-c, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1134
2011-2012: S1372
2013-2014: S1218
2015-2016: S3865
2019-2020: S2363
2021-2022: S2897
2023-2024: S2960

2017-S7069A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for annual adjustment of the maximum income threshold for eligibility for the senior citizens' rent increase exemption (SCRIE), disability rent increase exemption (DRIE), senior citizen homeowners' exemption (SCHE), and disabled homeowners' exemption (DHE) by any increase in the consumer price index (CPI).

2017-S7069A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7069A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7069--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 3, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. KAVANAGH, SERRANO -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging -- commit-
   tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and  recom-
   mitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to increasing the
   combined  household  income limit for eligibility for a senior citizen
   rent increase exemption (SCRIE), disability  rent  increase  exemption
   (DRIE),  senior  citizen  homeowners'  exemption  (SCHE), and disabled
   homeowners' exemption (DHE) on the basis of the consumer price index
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs a and b of subdivision 3 of section 467-b of the
 real  property tax law, paragraph a as amended by section 1 of part U of
 chapter 55 of the laws of 2014 and paragraph b as amended by chapter 129
 of the laws of 2014, are amended to read as follows:
   a. for a dwelling unit where the head of the  household  is  a  person
 sixty-two  years  of  age or older, no tax abatement shall be granted if
 the combined income of all members of the household for the  income  tax
 year  immediately  preceding the date of making application exceeds four
 thousand dollars, or such other sum not more than  twenty-five  thousand
 dollars  beginning  July  first,  two thousand five, twenty-six thousand
 dollars beginning July first, two thousand  six,  twenty-seven  thousand
 dollars  beginning July first, two thousand seven, twenty-eight thousand
 dollars beginning July first, two thousand eight,  twenty-nine  thousand
 dollars  beginning  July  first,  two  thousand nine, and fifty thousand
 dollars beginning July first, two thousand fourteen, as may be  provided
 by  the  local  law,  ordinance  or  resolution adopted pursuant to this
 section, provided that when the head of the household retires before the
 commencement of such income tax year and the date of filing the applica-
 tion, the income for such year may be adjusted by  excluding  salary  or
 earnings  and  projecting  his  or her retirement income over the entire
 period of such year.  THE MAXIMUM INCOME THRESHOLD PROVIDED  FOR  HEREIN
 SHALL BE INCREASED BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONER OF THE STATE DIVISION OF
 
              

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