Bill Text: NY S04495 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the New York city water board to grant a 10 percent discount on NYC water bills to senior citizens and veterans.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS [S04495 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S04495-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          4495

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 5, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,  Authorities
          and Commissions

        AN  ACT  to amend the public authorities law, in relation to providing a
          discount for senior citizens and veterans in the city of New York  for
          such persons' water bills

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

     1    Section 1. Section 1045-j of the public authorities law is amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
     3    3-a.  Notwithstanding any other law, the water board may provide a ten
     4  percent discount for all senior citizens  and  veterans  from  the  fee,
     5  rate,  rent  or  other  charge established pursuant to this section. For
     6  purposes of this subdivision, "senior citizen" shall mean a resident  of
     7  the  city  who  is  age  sixty-five or older; and "veteran" shall mean a
     8  resident of the city who served in and  who  received  an  honorable  or
     9  general  discharge  from the United States army, navy, air force, marine
    10  corps, coast guard and/or reserves thereof,  and/or  the  army  national
    11  guard,  air  national  guard,  New York guard or New York naval militia.
    12  The water board may promulgate rules and regulations necessary to  carry
    13  out the purposes of this subdivision.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    15  it shall have become a law.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05899-01-1