S16-2013 Actions

• Apr 26, 2013: PRINT NUMBER 16A
• Apr 26, 2013: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE
• Apr 16, 2013: REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
• Jan 9, 2013: REFERRED TO AGING

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S16-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S16

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the real property tax law, in relation to renewal notices for
applications under the SCRIE program

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To put in place a reminder mechanism for renewal for senior citizens
enrolled in the Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption Program.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Amends subdivision 4 of section 467-b of the Real Property
Tax Law, as amended by chapter 651 of the laws of 1988. Requires
that the appropriate rent control agency or administrative agency
shall send a notice of required renewal to each head of household
receiving SCRIE via US Mail no less than 30 days prior to expiration.

Section 2. Amends subdivision 4 of section 467-b of the Real Property
Tax Law, as added by chapter 689 of the laws of 1972 Requires that
the appropriate rent control agency or administrative agency shall
send a notice of required renewal to each head of household receiving
SCRIE via US Mail no less than 30 days prior to expiration.

Section 3. Effective Date.

EXISTING LAW:
None.

JUSTIFICATION:
The Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption Program provides much
needed assistance to senior citizens in New York City by
supplementing their rent payments, thereby keeping them in their
homes and out of nursing homes. When this program was initially
instituted it was administered by the New York City Department for
the Aging. The administration of the SCRIE program has been
transferred to the Finance Department, which does not have the
capacity to assist seniors in the application and renewal process for
this program. As a result many recipients have missed their renewal
deadlines and have been forced to endure reapplication processes and
in some cases a suspension of benefits.

This bill is designed to make the renewal process simpler by putting
in place a mechanism to remind eligible seniors to renew their
benefits before they expire.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2012: S.482A- Referred to Aging Committee/A.473A Died in Aging
      Committee
2011: S.482A - Reported and Committed to Finance/A.473A -
      Reported, Referred to Ways and Means
2010: S.6853 - Passed Senate/A.9932 - Reported, Referred to
      Ways and Means

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the State of New York.


EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect 90 days after it shall have become law;
provided that the amendments to section 467-b of the real property
tax law made by section one of this act shall be subject to the
expiration and reversion of such section pursuant to section 17 of
chapter 576 of the laws of 1974, as amended, when upon such date the
provisions of section two of this act shall take effect.

S16-2013 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                          16
 2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 (PREFILED)
 January 9, 2013
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  DIAZ  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging
 

AN ACT to amend the real  property  tax  law,  in  relation  to  renewal
 notices for applications under the SCRIE program
 

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

 

Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 467-b of  the  real  property  tax
 law,  as  amended by chapter 651 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read
 as follows:

 4. The head of the household must apply every two years to the  appro
 priate  rent control agency or administrative agency for a tax abatement
 certificate on a form prescribed by said agency. A tax abatement certif
 icate setting forth an amount not in excess of the increase  in  maximum
 rent or legal regulated rent for the taxable period or such other amount
 as  shall be determined under subdivision three of this section shall be
 issued by said agency to each head of the household who is found  to  be
 eligible under this section on or before the last date prescribed by law
 for  the  payment  of  the taxes or the first installment thereof of any
 municipal corporation which has granted an abatement of taxes. Copies of
 such certificate shall be issued to  the  owner  of  the  real  property
 containing  the  dwelling  unit  of the head of the household and to the
 collecting officer charged with the duty of collecting the taxes of each
 municipal corporation which has granted the abatement of  taxes  author
 ized  by  this section.  THE APPROPRIATE RENT CONTROL AGENCY OR ADMINIS
 TRATIVE AGENCY SHALL SEND A NOTICE OF REQUIRED RENEWAL TO EACH  HEAD  OF
 HOUSEHOLD CURRENTLY RECEIVING AN EXEMPTION UNDER THIS SECTION VIA UNITED
 STATES  POSTAL  SERVICE  TO  THEIR PRIMARY RESIDENCE NO LESS THAN THIRTY
 DAYS PRIOR TO THE APPLICATION RENEWAL DATE.
 

S 2. Subdivision 4 of section 467-b of the real property tax  law,  as
 added by chapter 689 of the laws of 1972, is amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00932-01-3
 
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 4.  The  head of the household must apply each year to the appropriate
 rent control agency for a tax abatement certificate on a form prescribed
 by said agency. A tax abatement certificate setting forth an amount  not
 in  excess  of the increase in maximum rent for the taxable period shall
 be  issued  by said agency to each head of the household who is found to
 be eligible under this section on or before the last date prescribed  by
 law for the payment of the taxes or the first installment thereof of any
 city, town or village which has granted an abatement of taxes. Copies of
 such  certificate  shall  be  issued  to  the owner of the real property
 containing the dwelling unit of the head of the  household  and  to  the
 collecting officer charged with the duty of collecting the taxes of each
 city,  town  or village which has granted the abatement of taxes author
 ized by this section.  THE APPROPRIATE RENT CONTROL AGENCY  OR  ADMINIS
 TRATIVE  AGENCY  SHALL SEND A NOTICE OF REQUIRED RENEWAL TO EACH HEAD OF
 HOUSEHOLD CURRENTLY RECEIVING AN EXEMPTION UNDER THIS SECTION VIA UNITED
 STATES POSTAL SERVICE TO THEIR PRIMARY RESIDENCE  NO  LESS  THAN  THIRTY
 DAYS PRIOR TO THE APPLICATION RENEWAL DATE.
 

S 3. This act shall take effect ninety days after it shall have become
 a law; provided that the amendments to section 467-b of the real proper
 ty tax law made by section one of this act shall be subject to the expi
 ration  and  reversion of such section pursuant to section 17 of chapter
 576 of the laws of 1974, as amended, when upon such date the  provisions
 of section two of this act shall take effect.

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