Assembly Bill A1422

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to permitting other qualifying members of a household to qualify for the disability rent increase exemption

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Current 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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2023-A1422 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1150
Current Committee:
Assembly Aging
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §467-b, RPT L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A9686, S9161

2023-A1422 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits other qualifying members of a household to qualify the household for the disability rent increase exemption when they are not the head of household.

2023-A1422 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1422
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Aging
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law,  in  relation  to  permitting
   other  qualifying members of a household to qualify for the disability
   rent increase exemption
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs b and g of subdivision 1 of section 467-b of the
 real property tax law, paragraph b as amended by chapter 188 of the laws
 of 2005 and paragraph g as added by chapter 360 of the laws of 2018, are
 amended and a new paragraph h is added to read as follows:
   b.  "Head  of the household" means a person (i) who is sixty-two years
 of age or older, [or] (ii) who qualifies as a person with  a  disability
 pursuant  to subdivision five of this section, OR (III) WHO IS THE RELA-
 TIVE OR LEGAL GUARDIAN OF A QUALIFYING MEMBER OF HIS OR  HER  HOUSEHOLD,
 and is entitled to the possession or to the use or occupancy of a dwell-
 ing unit;
   g.  "QUALIFYING  MEMBER OF THE HOUSEHOLD" MEANS A PERSON WHO QUALIFIES
 AS A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  FIVE  OF  THIS
 SECTION,  WHO  IS  NOT  THE  HEAD  OF THE HOUSEHOLD, AND WHO PERMANENTLY
 RESIDES IN THE DWELLING UNIT.
   H. "RELATIVE" MEANS WITH RESPECT TO A QUALIFYING MEMBER OF THE  HOUSE-
 HOLD,  (I)  A  SPOUSE,  DOMESTIC  PARTNER, PARENT, GRANDPARENT, SIBLING,
 CHILD, STEPCHILD OR STEPPARENT OF SUCH PERSON OR (II) ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO
 IS THE DIRECT DESCENDANT OF THE GRANDPARENTS OF SUCH PERSON.
   I. "Supervising agency" shall mean the appropriate rent control agency
 or administrative agency designated to administer the tax abatement  for
 rent-controlled  and rent regulated property occupied by senior citizens
 or persons with disabilities pursuant to a  local  law,  resolution,  or
 ordinance passed pursuant to subdivision two of this section.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03445-01-3

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