Assembly Bill A3379

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Includes in definition of income all sources after deduction of all medical and prescription drugs not reimbursed or paid by insurance

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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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2019-A3379 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Aging
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§467-b & 467-c, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1800, A9516
2011-2012: A758
2013-2014: A428
2015-2016: A1113
2017-2018: A1374
2021-2022: A2253
2023-2024: A6053

2019-A3379 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Excludes expenditures for medical care not covered by insurance from the definition of "income" for the purpose of a real property tax abatement for rent-controlled and rent regulated property occupied by senior citizens.

2019-A3379 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3379
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 29, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. DINOWITZ, ENGLEBRIGHT, ZEBROWSKI, RIVERA, JAFFEE
   -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COLTON, GOTTFRIED -- read  once  and
   referred to the Committee on Aging
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  real property tax law, in relation to excluding
   certain expenditures for medical care from the definition of  "income"
   for  the purpose of a tax abatement for rent-controlled and rent regu-
   lated property occupied by senior citizens
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph c of subdivision 1 of section 467-b of the real
 property tax law, as amended by chapter 500 of  the  laws  of  2001,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   c.  "Income"  means  income  from  all  sources after deduction of all
 income and social  security  taxes  and  includes  social  security  and
 retirement  benefits,  supplemental security income and additional state
 payments, public assistance benefits, interest,  dividends,  net  rental
 income,  salary  or  earnings,  and net income from self-employment, but
 shall not include gifts or inheritances, payments  made  to  individuals
 because  of  their  status as victims of Nazi persecution, as defined in
 P.L. 103-286, or increases in benefits accorded pursuant to  the  social
 security  act  or  a public or private pension paid to any member of the
 household which increase, in any given year, does not exceed the consum-
 er price index (all items United States  city  average)  for  such  year
 which take effect after the date of eligibility of head of the household
 receiving  benefits hereunder whether received by the head of the house-
 hold or any other member of the household  AND ANY SUCH INCOME SHALL  BE
 OFFSET BY ALL MEDICAL AND PRESCRIPTION DRUG EXPENSES ACTUALLY PAID WHICH
 WERE  NOT REIMBURSED OR PAID FOR BY INSURANCE, IF THE GOVERNING BOARD OF
 A MUNICIPALITY, AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING, ADOPTS A LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE OR
 RESOLUTION PROVIDING THEREFOR;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00715-01-9
              

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