Bill Text: NY A07466 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Grants municipalities the authority to provide real property tax exemptions for certain cold war veterans.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-5)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-02-16 - REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS [A07466 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A07466-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7466

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 10, 2021
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        Introduced  by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, COLTON, L. ROSENTHAL, SANTABARBARA,
          GUNTHER, ZEBROWSKI, COOK, DiPIETRO, GALEF -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.
          of A.  ABBATE, LALOR, PALMESANO, RA, J. D. RIVERA, THIELE -- read once
          and referred to the Committee on Real Property Taxation

        AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to granting muni-
          cipalities  the  authority to provide real property tax exemptions for
          certain cold war veterans

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Section  458-b of the real property tax law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
     3    9. A county, city, town, or village may adopt a local law to include a
     4  male or female veteran who served under the federal Reserve  Forces  Act
     5  of  1955,  Public  Law 305, 84th Congress (69 Stat. 598) during the Cold
     6  War period within the definition of "cold war veteran"  as  provided  in
     7  paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  one  of this section provided that such
     8  veterans meet all other qualifications  under  the  provisions  of  this
     9  section.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to assess-
    11  ment  rolls  on  the basis of taxable status dates occurring on or after
    12  the second day of January next succeeding the date  on  which  this  act
    13  shall have become a law.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11277-01-1