Senate Bill S8088

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Allows municipalities to establish an adjustment percentage to be applied to the exemption percentage schedule for certain exemptions based upon permanent partial disabilities

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Current Bill Status Via A8532 - Signed by Governor

  • 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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2023-S8088 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8532
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §459-c, RPT L (as proposed in S.2574 & A.7164)

2023-S8088 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows municipalities to adopt a local law or resolution to establish an adjustment percentage to be applied to the exemption percentage schedule for certain exemptions based upon permanent partial disabilities, after a public hearing.

2023-S8088 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8088 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8088
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to allowing muni-
   cipalities  to establish an adjustment percentage to be applied to the
   exemption percentage schedule for certain exemptions based upon perma-
   nent partial disabilities

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (b) and the closing paragraph of subdivision 2 of
 section  459-c  of the real property tax law, as amended by a chapter of
 the laws of 2023 amending the real property  tax  law  relating  to  tax
 exemptions  for  persons  with  disabilities, as proposed in legislative
 bills numbers S. 2574 and A. 7164, are amended to read as follows:
   (b) a person with a disability is one who has  a  physical  or  mental
 impairment, not due to current use of alcohol or illegal drug use, which
 substantially  limits  such  person's  ability  to engage in one or more
 major life activities, such as caring for one's self, performing  manual
 tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning and work-
 ing,  and  who  (i)  is  certified to receive social security disability
 insurance (SSDI) or supplemental security income  (SSI)  benefits  under
 the  federal  Social Security Act, or (ii) is certified to receive Rail-
 road Retirement Disability benefits under the federal  railroad  Retire-
 ment  Act, or (iii) has received a certificate from the state commission
 for the blind stating that such person is  legally  blind,  or  (iv)  is
 certified  to receive a United States Postal Service disability pension,
 or (v) is certified to receive a United States  department  of  veterans
 affairs  disability  pension  pursuant to 38 U.S.C.   §1521, or (vi) has
 received an order from the chair  of  the  workers'  compensation  board
 pursuant  to article two of the workers' compensation law determining an
 award for compensation for (A) permanent total disability, as [such term
 is defined] DESCRIBED in subdivision one of section fifteen of the work-
 ers' compensation law, or [of]  (B)  permanent  partial  disability,  as
 [such  term  is  defined] DESCRIBED in subdivision three of such section
 fifteen OF THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW, PROVIDED  THAT  THE  GOVERNING
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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