Assembly Bill A5988

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Enhanced real property tax exemption for veterans

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2015-A5988 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3972
Current Committee:
Assembly Veterans
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง425, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S5848
2011-2012: A10111, S3227
2013-2014: A2195, S1696
2017-2018: S5156
2019-2020: S3091

2015-A5988 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides an enhanced real property tax exemption for veterans, regardless of income.

2015-A5988 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5988

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 9, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SCHIMMINGER -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs

AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to  providing  an
  enhanced exemption for veterans regardless of income

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 425 of  the  real
property  tax  law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (vii) to read
as follows:
  (VII) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH,  ANY
VETERAN,  AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (E) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION FOUR
HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT-A OF THIS TITLE,  SHALL  QUALIFY  FOR  THE  ENHANCED
EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY THIS SECTION.
  S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing 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.
                                                           LBD09421-01-5

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