Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 24, 2023 | referred to real property taxation delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 22, 2023 | ordered to third reading cal.1109 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Mar 23, 2023 | referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs |
senate Bill S5967
Sponsored By
Pete Harckham
(D, WF) 40th Senate District
Current Bill Status - Passed Senate
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed/Vetoed by Governor
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Co-Sponsors
Joseph P. Addabbo Jr
(D) 15th Senate District
Steven D. Rhoads
(R, C) 5th Senate District
James Tedisco
(R, C) 44th Senate District
S5967 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Law Section:
- Real Property Tax Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §458-a, RPT L
- Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
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S4365
S5967 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Clarifies the definition of veteran to include career members of the armed forces for purposes of the veterans alternative tax exemption by considering individuals who meet certain conditions to have been discharged or released from active military, naval or air service despite the fact that no discharge may have been issued.
S5967 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5967 SPONSOR: HARCKHAM TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the real property tax law, in relation to clarifying the definition of veteran to include career members of the armed forces for purposes of the veterans alternative tax exemption PURPOSE: Clarifies the definition of veteran to include career members of the armed forces for purposes of the veterans alternative tax exemption. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends section 458-a of the real property tax law to expand on the term "veterans" to include that despite the fact that no uncondi- tional discharge may have been issued, an individual shall be considered to have been unconditionally discharged or released from active mili- tary, naval or air force when the following conditions are met:
S5967 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5967 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 23, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. HARCKHAM, TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Home- land Security and Military Affairs AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to clarifying the definition of veteran to include career members of the armed forces for purposes of the veterans alternative tax exemption THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of section 458-a of the real property tax law, as amended by section 83 of part PP of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: (e) "Veteran" means a person (i) who served in the active military, naval, or air service during a period of war, or who was a recipient of the armed forces expeditionary medal, navy expeditionary medal, marine corps expeditionary medal, or global war on terrorism expeditionary medal, and who (1) was discharged or released therefrom under honorable conditions, or (2) has a qualifying condition, as defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (3) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, (ii) who was employed by the War Shipping Administration or Office of Defense Transportation or their agents as a merchant seaman documented by the United States Coast Guard or Department of Commerce, or as a civil servant employed by the United States Army Transport Service (later redesignated as the United States Army Transportation Corps, Water Division) or the Naval Transportation Service; and who served satisfactorily as a crew member during the period of armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one, to August fifteenth, nineteen hundred forty-five, aboard merchant vessels in oceangoing, i.e., foreign, intercoastal, or coastwise service as such terms are defined under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and further to include "near foreign" voyages between the United States and Canada, Mexico, or the West Indies via ocean routes, or public vessels in ocean-
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