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Assembly Bill A5578

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Extends eligibility for real property tax exemptions to veterans who served on a submarine or on classified missions during a period of war

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2025-A5578 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1788
Current Committee:
Assembly Veterans' Affairs
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §458-a, RPT L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A10187, S9050

2025-A5578 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends eligibility for real property tax exemptions to veterans who served on a submarine or on classified missions during a period of war as documented by military service records.

2025-A5578 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5578
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 18, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Veterans' Affairs
 
 AN  ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to real property
   tax exemptions for veterans
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 458-a of the real
 property  tax  law,  as  amended  by chapter 473 of the laws of 2004, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (b) In addition to the exemption provided by  paragraph  (a)  of  this
 subdivision, where the veteran served in a combat theatre or combat zone
 of  operations,  as  documented by the award of a United States campaign
 ribbon or service medal, or the armed forces expeditionary  medal,  navy
 expeditionary  medal, marine corps expeditionary medal, or global war on
 terrorism expeditionary medal, OR WHERE THE VETERAN SERVED ON  A  SUBMA-
 RINE  OR  ON CLASSIFIED MISSIONS DURING A PERIOD OF WAR AS DOCUMENTED BY
 MILITARY SERVICE RECORDS,  qualifying  residential  real  property  also
 shall  be  exempt  from  taxation  to  the  extent of ten percent of the
 assessed value of such property; provided, however, that such  exemption
 shall not exceed eight thousand dollars or the product of eight thousand
 dollars multiplied by the latest state equalization rate for the assess-
 ing  unit,  or in the case of a special assessing unit, the class ratio,
 whichever is less.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05448-01-5

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