Bill Text: NY A03078 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that the tax abatements for certain rent-controlled and rent-regulated property occupied by senior citizens commonly known as the senior citizens' rent increase exemption (SCRIE) shall be applicable where the rent constitutes more than one-fourth rather than one-third of the tenant's income.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to aging [A03078 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A03078-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3078
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 23, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. CLARK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DenDEKKER
         -- read once and referred to the Committee on Aging
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the real property tax law, in relation to the income
         level for the applicability of  the  senior  citizens'  rent  increase
         exemption
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1.  Subdivision 2 and subparagraph 3 of paragraph d of  subdi-
    2  vision 3 of section 467-b of the real property tax law, subdivision 2 as
    3  amended  by  chapter 747 of the laws of 1985 and subparagraph 3 of para-
    4  graph d of subdivision 3 as amended by section 1 of chapter 188  of  the
    5  laws of 2005, are amended to read as follows:
    6    2.   The governing body of any municipal corporation is hereby author-
    7  ized and empowered to adopt, after public hearing,  in  accordance  with
    8  the  provisions  of  this  section, a local law, ordinance or resolution
    9  providing for the abatement  of  taxes  of  said  municipal  corporation
   10  imposed on real property containing a dwelling unit as defined herein by
   11  one of the following amounts:
   12    (a)  where the head of the household does not receive a monthly allow-
   13  ance for shelter pursuant to the social services law, an amount  not  in
   14  excess  of  that  portion of any increase in maximum rent or legal regu-
   15  lated rent which causes such maximum rent or  legal  regulated  rent  to
   16  exceed  [one-third]  ONE-FOURTH of the combined income of all members of
   17  the household; or
   18    (b) where the head of the household receives a monthly  allowance  for
   19  shelter  pursuant to the social services law, an amount not in excess of
   20  that portion of any increase in maximum rent  or  legal  regulated  rent
   21  which  is  not  covered  by the maximum allowance for shelter which such
   22  person is entitled to receive pursuant to the social services law.
   23    (3) where the head of the household does not receive a monthly  allow-
   24  ance  for  shelter  pursuant  to  the social services law, the amount by
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  which the maximum rent or legal regulated rent of the subsequent  dwell-
    2  ing  unit  exceeds  [one-third] ONE-FOURTH of the combined income of all
    3  members of the household.
    4    S 2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend-
    5  ments  made to section 467-b of the real property tax law by section one
    6  of this act shall not affect the expiration of such  section  and  shall
    7  expire therewith.