NY State Senate Bill 2021-S6315

Senate Bill S6315

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Allows the immediate family of a member of the armed forces killed in active duty to qualify for the alternate veterans exception

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

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2021-S6315 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:: Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §458-a, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S5008
2019-2020: S1162
2023-2024: S4453
2025-2026: S3229

2021-S6315 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows the immediate family of a member of the armed forces killed in active duty to qualify for the alternate veterans exemption.

2021-S6315 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S6315

SPONSOR: RITCHIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the real property tax law, in relation to allowing the
immediate family of a member of the armed forces killed in active duty
to qualify for the alternate veterans exemption

 
PURPOSE:

This bill allows a county, city, town, village or school district to
adopt a local law extending the alternative veterans exemption from
property tax to the parent, spouse, child or sibling of a person who
died in the line of duty while serving in the United States armed forces
during a period of war. Previously this benefit was only extended to
Gold-Star Parents, and not immediate family members.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1- The bill amends the real property tax law by modifying subdi-

vision 7 of section 458-a of chapter 326 of the laws of 2000.  The bill
changes the definition from Gold-Star Parent to Family Member, defined
as the parent, spouse, child or sibling or a person who dies in the line
of duty while serving in the United States armed forces during a period
of war.

Section 2 - This act shall take effect immediately.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

In recognition of their service to our country, veterans and military
service members are granted certain benefits when they return home,
including an alternative veterans exemption from property tax.  Unfortu-
nately, when a military service member is killed in the line of duty,
that benefit dies with them. Accordingly, this bill would restore the
benefit of a limited property tax exemption to immediate family members
of gold star families, a benefit they would enjoy had their loved one
survived.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S.5008 (2017-18), Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs
Committee.
S.1162 (2019-20), Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S6315 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6315
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 21, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- 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  allowing  the
   immediate family of a member of the armed forces killed in active duty
   to qualify for the alternate veterans exemption
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 458-a of  the  real  property  tax
 law,  as  added  by chapter 326 of the laws of 2000 and paragraph (b) as
 amended by chapter 518 of the laws  of  2013,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   7.  (a)  As  used  in  this  subdivision,  "Gold Star [Parent"] FAMILY
 MEMBER" shall mean the parent, SPOUSE, CHILD OR  SIBLING  of  a  [child]
 PERSON  who  died in the line of duty while serving in the United States
 armed forces during a period of war.
   (b) A county, city, town, village or school district may adopt a local
 law to include a Gold Star [Parent] FAMILY MEMBER within the  definition
 of "qualified owner", as provided in paragraph (c) of subdivision one of
 this  section,  and  to  include  property owned by a Gold Star [Parent]
 FAMILY MEMBER within the  definition  of  "qualifying  residential  real
 property"  as  provided  in  paragraph  (d)  of  subdivision one of this
 section, provided that such property shall be the primary  residence  of
 the Gold Star [Parent] FAMILY MEMBER.
   (c) The additional exemption provided for in paragraph (c) of subdivi-
 sion  two  of  this  section shall not apply to real property owned by a
 Gold Star [Parent] FAMILY MEMBER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11019-01-1

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