Senate Bill S461

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Excludes veteran's disability benefits in computing income in selection of tenants

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S461 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
Private Housing Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง31, Priv Hous Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S2672

2009-S461 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Excludes a veteran's disability benefits paid by the federal government to veterans for a service connected disability from the computation of probable aggregate annual income for purposes of determining the eligibility of such veteran for admission to limited-profit housing company projects.

2009-S461 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S461 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   461

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
  Community Development

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  private housing finance law, in relation to the
  exclusion of a veteran's disability benefits from the  computation  of
  income in the selection of tenants

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

  Section 1.  Section 31 of the private housing finance law  is  amended
by adding a new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
  12.    FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF THIS SECTION,   PROBABLE AGGREGATE ANNUAL
INCOME SHALL NOT INCLUDE DISABILITY BENEFITS PAID BY THE FEDERAL GOVERN-
MENT TO A VETERAN FOR A SERVICE  CONNECTED  DISABILITY  NOR  SHALL  SUCH
BENEFITS BE INCLUDED IN COMPUTING ANY SURCHARGE AGAINST SUCH VETERAN.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of August next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03817-01-9

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