Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 07, 2018 |
referred to aging |
Assembly Bill A10570
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
PICHARDO
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2017-A10570 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-A10570 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10570 I N A S S E M B L Y May 7, 2018 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PICHARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Aging AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to providing language access services to individuals relating to the tax abatement program for rent-controlled and rent-regulated property occupied by senior citizens or persons with disabilities THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 467-b of the real property tax law is amended by adding a new paragraph j to read as follows: J. THE ENTITY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE TAX ABATEMENT PROGRAM SHALL DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A PLAN TO ENSURE ADEQUATE ACCESS TO INFORMATION BY INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY OR OTHERWISE REQUIRE COMMUNICATION ASSISTANCE. SUCH ENTITY SHALL: (1) TRANSLATE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FORMS AND INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED TO OR COMPLETED BY THE PROGRAM BENEFICIARIES OR PARTICIPANTS, INTO THE SIX MOST COMMON NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY INDIVIDUALS WITH LIMITED-ENGLISH PROFICIENCY IN THE MUNICIPALITY THAT OFFERS THIS PROGRAM PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION; (2) OFFER, UPON REQUEST, INTERPRETATION SERVICES BETWEEN THE ENTITY ADMINISTERING THE PROGRAM AND AN INDIVIDUAL IN HIS OR HER PRIMARY LANGUAGE WITH RESPECT TO THE PROVISION OF SERVICES OR BENEFITS; AND (3) OFFER, UPON REQUEST OR DEMONSTRATED NEED, SERVICES TO AN INDIVID- UAL WHO REQUIRES ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE DUE TO PARTIAL OR TOTAL DEAFNESS, BLINDNESS, SPEECH IMPEDIMENT, OR COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that the amendments to subdivision 3 of section 467-b of the real property tax law made by section one of this act shall not affect the expiration and reversion of such section and shall be deemed to expire therewith. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09016-05-8
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