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                                   3218
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 2, 2023
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  O'DONNELL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Aging
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to the definition
   of income for purposes of the senior citizen rent increase  exemptions
   (SCRIE) program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 1 of section 467-b of  the  real
 property  tax  law,  as  amended  by chapter 500 of the laws of 2001, is
 amended to read as follows:
   c. "Income" means income from  all  sources  after  deduction  of  all
 income  and  social  security  taxes  and  includes  social security and
 retirement benefits, supplemental security income and  additional  state
 payments,  public  assistance  benefits, interest, dividends, net rental
 income, salary or earnings, and net  income  from  self-employment,  but
 shall  not  include  gifts or inheritances, payments made to individuals
 because of their status as victims of Nazi persecution,  as  defined  in
 P.L.  103-286,  or increases in benefits accorded pursuant to the social
 security act or a public or private pension paid to any  member  of  the
 household which increase, in any given year, does not exceed the consum-
 er  price  index  (all  items  United States city average) for such year
 which take effect after the date of eligibility of head of the household
 receiving benefits hereunder whether received by the head of the  house-
 hold  or any other member of the household; PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT INCOME
 SHALL NOT INCLUDE INCOME FROM SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS  OR  SUPPLEMENTAL
 SECURITY  INCOME  PAYMENTS IF THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE MUNICIPALITY IN
 WHICH THE SENIOR CITIZEN RESIDES, AFTER PUBLIC HEARING, ADOPTS  A  LOCAL
 LAW,  ORDINANCE,  OR  RESOLUTION  ELECTING  TO  EXEMPT SUCH BENEFITS AND
 PAYMENTS;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   § 2. Paragraph f of subdivision 1 of section 467-c of the real proper-
 ty tax law, as amended by chapter 500 of the laws of 2001, is amended to
 read as follows:
   f.  "Income"  means income received by the eligible head of the house-
 hold combined with the income of all other members of the household from
 all sources after deduction of all income and social security taxes  and
 includes  without  limitation,  social security and retirement benefits,
 supplemental security  income  and  additional  state  payments,  public
 assistance  benefits, interest, dividends, net rental income, salary and
 earnings, and net income from self employment,  but  shall  not  include
 gifts  or  inheritances,  payments  made to individuals because of their
 status as victims of Nazi persecution as defined in  P.L.  103-286,  nor
 increases  in benefits accorded pursuant to the social security act or a
 public or private pension paid to any  member  of  the  household  which
 increase,  in  any  given year, does not exceed the consumer price index
 (all items United States city average) for such year which  take  effect
 after  the eligibility date of an eligible head of the household receiv-
 ing benefits hereunder whether received by  the  eligible  head  of  the
 household  or  any other member of the household. When the eligible head
 of the household has retired on or after the commencement of the taxable
 period and prior to the  date  of  making  an  application  for  a  rent
 increase  exemption  order/tax  abatement  certificate  pursuant to this
 section, such person's income shall be adjusted by excluding  salary  or
 earnings  and projecting such person's retirement income over the entire
 taxable period.  FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING  INCOME  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 PARAGRAPH, INCOME SHALL NOT INCLUDE SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS AND SUPPLE-
 MENTAL  SECURITY  INCOME  PAYMENTS  IF  THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE LOCAL
 MUNICIPALITY IN WHICH THE SENIOR CITIZEN RESIDES,  AFTER PUBLIC HEARING,
 ADOPTS A LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE, OR RESOLUTION  ELECTING  TO  EXEMPT  SUCH
 BENEFITS AND PAYMENTS.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.