Assembly Bill A8532

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Allows municipalities to establish an adjustment percentage to be applied to the exemption percentage schedule for certain exemptions based upon permanent partial disabilities

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  • 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-A8532 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8088
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §459-c, RPT L (as proposed in S.2574 & A.7164)

2023-A8532 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows municipalities to adopt a local law or resolution to establish an adjustment percentage to be applied to the exemption percentage schedule for certain exemptions based upon permanent partial disabilities, after a public hearing.

2023-A8532 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8532
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 5, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SEPTIMO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Real Property Taxation
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to allowing muni-
   cipalities to establish an adjustment percentage to be applied to  the
   exemption percentage schedule for certain exemptions based upon perma-
   nent partial disabilities

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (b) and the closing paragraph of subdivision 2 of
 section 459-c of the real property tax law, as amended by a  chapter  of
 the  laws  of  2023  amending  the real property tax law relating to tax
 exemptions for persons with disabilities,  as  proposed  in  legislative
 bills numbers S. 2574 and A. 7164, are amended to read as follows:
   (b)  a  person  with  a disability is one who has a physical or mental
 impairment, not due to current use of alcohol or illegal drug use, which
 substantially limits such person's ability to  engage  in  one  or  more
 major  life activities, such as caring for one's self, performing manual
 tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning and work-
 ing, and who (i) is certified  to  receive  social  security  disability
 insurance  (SSDI)  or  supplemental security income (SSI) benefits under
 the federal Social Security Act, or (ii) is certified to  receive  Rail-
 road  Retirement  Disability benefits under the federal railroad Retire-
 ment Act, or (iii) has received a certificate from the state  commission
 for  the  blind  stating  that  such person is legally blind, or (iv) is
 certified to receive a United States Postal Service disability  pension,
 or  (v)  is  certified to receive a United States department of veterans
 affairs disability pension pursuant to 38 U.S.C.   §1521,  or  (vi)  has
 received  an  order  from  the  chair of the workers' compensation board
 pursuant to article two of the workers' compensation law determining  an
 award for compensation for (A) permanent total disability, as [such term
 is defined] DESCRIBED in subdivision one of section fifteen of the work-
 ers'  compensation  law,  or  [of]  (B) permanent partial disability, as
 [such term is defined] DESCRIBED in subdivision three  of  such  section
 fifteen  OF  THE  WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW, PROVIDED THAT THE GOVERNING
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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