S3227-2011 Actions

• Jun 6, 2012: REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
• Feb 14, 2011: REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

S3227-2011 Meetings

S3227-2011 Votes

S3227-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S3227

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the real property tax law, in relation to providing an enhanced
exemption for veterans regardless of income

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: amends subdivision 4 of section 425
of the Real Property Tax Law as added by section 2 of part A of
Chapter 56 of the Laws of 1998 by adding a new subparagraph (vii)
providing that combat veterans, shall qualify for the enhanced STAR
exemption without consideration of income.

PURPOSE AND JUSTIFICATION:
With this bill, all senior combat veterans
would be eligible for the enhanced STAR exemption on their homes.
Combat veterans are currently entitled to receive a veteran's
exemption for town and county taxes, but not for school taxes.
This bill offers further recognition of the sacrifices that combat
veterans made while serving in our military during times of war.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2010 - S.5848 -- VETERANS

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the first of January
next succeeding the date date upon which it becomes law.

S3227-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         3227
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 February 14, 2011
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
 when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Veterans,  Homeland
 Security and Military Affairs
 AN  ACT  to amend the real property tax law, in relation to providing an
 enhanced exemption for veterans regardless of income
 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section  1.  Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 425 of the real
 property tax law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (vii)  to  read
 as follows:

 (VII)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF  THIS PARAGRAPH, ANY
 VETERAN, AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (E) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION  FOUR
 HUNDRED  FIFTY-EIGHT-A  OF  THIS  TITLE,  SHALL QUALIFY FOR THE ENHANCED
 EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY THIS SECTION.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02531-01-1

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