Assembly Actions -
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Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to cities |
May 31, 2017 |
referred to cities |
Assembly Bill A8128
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
BRAUNSTEIN
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
co-Sponsors
Brian Barnwell
2017-A8128 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-A8128 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides that in a city with a population of a million or more, any resident who is an eligible resident sixty-two years of age or older, and who has an income of fifty thousand dollars or less shall be eligible to be exempted from any future increases in water rate fees.
2017-A8128 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8128 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 31, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to providing certain elderly individuals with an exemption from increases in water rates THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The real property tax law is amended by adding a new section 467-aa to read as follows: § 467-AA. WATER RATE FREEZE IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE. 1. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS SECTION: (A) "QUALIFIED RESIDENT" MEANS A PERSON WHO IS AT LEAST SIXTY-TWO YEARS OF AGE AND HAS HAD A TOTAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME OF LESS THAN FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE INCOME TAX YEARS BEGINNING IN TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN, AS VERIFIED BY THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE; (B) "EXEMPTION" MEANS THE EXEMPTION TO FUTURE WATER RATE INCREASES PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION; AND (C) "PRIMARY DOMICILE" MEANS REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY ONE OR MORE PERSONS, EACH OF WHOM IS SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OVER, OR REAL PROP- ERTY OWNED BY HUSBAND AND WIFE OR BY SIBLINGS, ONE OF WHOM IS SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OVER, OR REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY ONE OR MORE PERSONS, SOME OF WHOM QUALIFY UNDER THIS SECTION AND THE OTHERS OF WHOM QUALIFY UNDER SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE-C OF THIS TITLE. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, SIBLING SHALL MEAN A BROTHER OR A SISTER, WHETHER RELATED THROUGH HALF BLOOD, WHOLE BLOOD OR ADOPTION. 2. EXEMPTION. A QUALIFIED RESIDENT OF A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN EXEMPTION TO ANY FUTURE WATER RATE INCREASES AT THE PRIMARY DWELLING OF SUCH INDIVIDUAL; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO INDIVIDUAL SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE EXEMPTION AT MORE THAN ONE DWELLING UNIT. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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