Bill Text: NY A05790 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Provides that after a public hearing a school district may adopt a resolution providing a school tax exemption on residential property owned by a veteran with at least a forty percent disability; provides that in order to qualify for such an exemption, an individual shall submit to the assessor a certified statement from the bureau of veterans' affairs stating that he has a permanent service related physical impairment which limits such individual's major life activities by at least forty percent.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 14-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-27 - print number 5790a [A05790 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A05790-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        5790--A
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 20, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  HAYES,  BALL,  BARRA, FINCH, HAWLEY, RAIA --
         Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  BACALLES,  BARCLAY,  BOYLAND,  JORDAN,
         KOLB, McDONOUGH, MOLINARO, RABBITT, TOWNSEND -- read once and referred
         to  the Committee on Veterans' Affairs -- recommitted to the Committee
         on Veterans' Affairs in accordance with Assembly Rule  3,  sec.  2  --
         committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
         recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation  to  an  optional
         school tax exemption for certain disabled veterans
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The real property tax  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    2  section 459-d to read as follows:
    3    S  459-D.  DISABLED  VETERANS; SCHOOL TAX EXEMPTION. 1. AFTER A PUBLIC
    4  HEARING A SCHOOL DISTRICT  MAY  ADOPT  A  RESOLUTION  PROVIDING  FOR  AN
    5  EXEMPTION TO THE EXTENT OF FIFTY PER CENTUM OF THE ASSESSED VALUATION OF
    6  RESIDENTIAL  REAL  PROPERTY, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
    7  SUCH RESOLUTION MAY PROVIDE A SCHOOL TAX EXEMPTION ON RESIDENTIAL  PROP-
    8  ERTY  OWNED  BY  A VETERAN WITH AT LEAST A FORTY PERCENT DISABILITY, WHO
    9  RESIDES ON THE REAL PROPERTY.
   10    2. TO QUALIFY AS A FORTY PERCENT OR MORE DISABLED VETERAN, AN INDIVID-
   11  UAL SHALL SUBMIT TO THE ASSESSOR A CERTIFIED STATEMENT FROM  THE  UNITED
   12  STATES  DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS WHICH STATES THAT THE INDIVIDUAL
   13  HAS A PERMANENT SERVICE RELATED PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT  WHICH  LIMITS  SUCH
   14  INDIVIDUAL'S MAJOR LIFE ACTIVITIES BY AT LEAST FORTY PERCENT.
   15    3.  SUCH EXEMPTION SHALL BE GRANTED ONLY UPON APPLICATION BY THE OWNER
   16  OF THE REAL PROPERTY ON A FORM PRESCRIBED  AND  MADE  AVAILABLE  BY  THE
   17  STATE BOARD.
   18    S 2. This act shall take effect June 1, 2011.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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