Relates to providing language access services to individuals relating to the tax abatement program for rent-controlled and rent-regulated property occupied by senior citizens or persons with disabilities.

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A9213-2011 Actions

• May 9, 2012: delivered to senate
• May 9, 2012: passed assembly
• May 3, 2012: advanced to third reading cal.524
• May 1, 2012: reported
• Apr 18, 2012: reported referred to ways and means
• Feb 7, 2012: reference changed to aging
• Feb 7, 2012: referred to real property taxation

A9213-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                    9213

                            I N  ASSEMBLY

                              February 7, 2012
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by M. of A. BROOK-KRASNY, MILLMAN, V. LOPEZ -- read once and
    referred to the Committee on Real Property Taxation

  AN ACT to amend the real property tax  law,  in  relation  to  providing
    language  access services to individuals relating to the tax abatement
    program for rent-controlled and rent-regulated  property  occupied  by
    senior citizens or persons with disabilities

    THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 467-b of the real property tax law
  is amended by adding a new paragraph i to read as follows:

    I. THE ENTITY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE TAX  ABATEMENT
  PROGRAM  SHALL DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A PLAN TO ENSURE ADEQUATE ACCESS TO
  INFORMATION BY INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE DIFFICULTIES SPEAKING OR UNDERSTAND-
  ING ENGLISH. SUCH ENTITY SHALL:

    (1) TRANSLATE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FORMS
  AND INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED TO OR COMPLETED BY THE  PROGRAM  BENEFICIARIES
  OR  PARTICIPANTS,  INTO THE SIX MOST COMMON NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGES SPOKEN
  BY INDIVIDUALS WITH LIMITED-ENGLISH PROFICIENCY IN THE MUNICIPALITY THAT
  OFFERS THIS PROGRAM PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION;
    (2) OFFER, UPON REQUEST, INTERPRETATION SERVICES  BETWEEN  THE  ENTITY
  ADMINISTERING  THE  PROGRAM  AND  AN  INDIVIDUAL  IN  HIS OR HER PRIMARY
  LANGUAGE WITH RESPECT TO THE PROVISION OF SERVICES OR BENEFITS; AND
    (3) OFFER, UPON REQUEST OR DEMONSTRATED NEED, SERVICES TO AN  INDIVID-
  UAL WHO REQUIRES ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE DUE TO PARTIAL OR TOTAL DEAFNESS,
  BLINDNESS, SPEECH IMPEDIMENT, OR COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT.
    S  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
  the amendments to subdivision 3 of section 467-b of  the  real  property
  tax  law made by section one of this act shall not affect the expiration
  and reversion of such section and shall be deemed to expire therewith.


   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD14355-01-2