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                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 22, 2009
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Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
  ty and Military Affairs

AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation  to  establishing
  the  dates for veterans alternative exemptions for veterans serving in
  operations in Lebanon, Grenada, Panama, and the Persian Gulf

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.   Paragraphs (a) and (e) of subdivision 1 of section 458-a
of the real property tax law, paragraph (a) as amended by chapter 179 of
the laws of 2006, paragraph (e) as amended by chapter 384 of the laws of
2008, are amended to read as follows:
  (a) "Period of war" means (I) the Spanish-American war; (II) the Mexi-
can border period; (III) World War I; (IV) World War II; (V) the hostil-
ities, known as the Korean war,  which  commenced  June  twenty-seventh,
nineteen  hundred fifty and terminated on January thirty-first, nineteen
hundred fifty-five; (VI) the hostilities,  known  as  the  Vietnam  war,
which  commenced  February twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred sixty-one and
terminated on May seventh, nineteen hundred  seventy-five;  (VII)  OPER-
ATIONS  IN  LEBANON  FROM  JUNE  FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE TO
DECEMBER FIRST, NINETEEN  HUNDRED  EIGHTY-SEVEN;  (VIII)  OPERATIONS  IN
GRENADA  FROM  OCTOBER  TWENTY-THIRD,  NINETEEN  HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE TO
NOVEMBER TWENTY-FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE; (IX) OPERATIONS IN
PANAMA FROM DECEMBER TWENTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-NINE TO  JANUARY
THIRTY-FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED NINETY; and (X) the hostilities, known as
the  Persian  Gulf  conflict,  which  commenced  August second, nineteen
hundred ninety.
  (e) "Veteran" means a person (i) who served in  the  active  military,
naval,  or  air  service  during  a  period  of war ENUMERATED IN ANY OF
SUBPARAGRAPHS (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), OR (X) OF PARAGRAPH (A)
OF THIS SUBDIVISION, AND WHO WAS DISCHARGED OR RELEASED THEREFROM  UNDER

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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HONORABLE  CONDITIONS, or (II) who SERVED IN THE MILITARY, NAVAL, OR AIR
SERVICE DURING A PERIOD OF WAR ENUMERATED IN ANY OF SUBPARAGRAPHS (VII),
(VIII), OR (IX) OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND was a recipient
of  the  armed  forces  expeditionary  medal,  navy expeditionary medal,
marine corps expeditionary medal FOR PARTICIPATION IN ANY SUCH OPERATION
ENUMERATED IN SUCH SUBPARAGRAPHS (VII), (VIII), OR (IX), or  WHO  SERVED
IN  THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM AND WAS A RECIPIENT OF THE global war on
terrorism expeditionary medal, and who was discharged or released there-
from under honorable conditions, [(ii)] (III) who was  employed  by  the
War Shipping Administration or Office of Defense Transportation or their
agents  as a merchant seaman documented by the United States Coast Guard
or Department of Commerce, or as a civil servant employed by the  United
States  Army  Transport Service (later redesignated as the United States
Army Transportation Corps, Water Division) or the  Naval  Transportation
Service; and who served satisfactorily as a crew member during the peri-
od  of  armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one, to
August fifteenth, nineteen hundred forty-five, aboard  merchant  vessels
in oceangoing, i.e., foreign, intercoastal, or coastwise service as such
terms  are defined under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and further
to include "near foreign" voyages between the United States and  Canada,
Mexico, or the West Indies via ocean routes, or public vessels in ocean-
going  service  or  foreign waters and who has received a Certificate of
Release or Discharge from Active Duty and a discharge certificate, or an
Honorable Service Certificate/Report of Casualty, from the department of
defense, [(iii)] (IV) who served as a United States civilian employed by
the American Field Service  and  served  overseas  under  United  States
Armies  and  United States Army Groups in world war II during the period
of armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one  through
May  eighth,  nineteen  hundred  forty-five,  and  who was discharged or
released therefrom under honorable conditions, [(iv)] (V) who served  as
a United States civilian Flight Crew and Aviation Ground Support Employ-
ee  of  Pan  American  World  Airways  or one of its subsidiaries or its
affiliates and served overseas as a result of  Pan  American's  contract
with  Air  Transport  Command  or Naval Air Transport Service during the
period of armed conflict, December fourteenth, nineteen  hundred  forty-
one  through August fourteenth, nineteen hundred forty-five, and who was
discharged or released therefrom under honorable  conditions,  or  [(v)]
(VI) notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, who are
members  of  the  reserve  components  of the armed forces of the United
States who received an honorable discharge or  release  therefrom  under
honorable conditions, but are still members of the reserve components of
the  armed  forces  of the United States provided that such members meet
all other qualifications under the provisions of this section.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.