Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Feb 09, 2016 |
referred to housing delivered to assembly passed senate |
Feb 08, 2016 |
ordered to third reading cal.144 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs |
Feb 25, 2015 |
referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs |
Senate Bill S3969
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2015-S3969 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A3320
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Housing
- Law Section:
- Private Housing Finance Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง1112, Priv Hous Fin L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
S5135, A4080
2011-2012: S2507, A1351
2013-2014: S4287, A388
2017-2018: S5158, A1654
2019-2020: S3630, A4598
2021-2022: S6411, A5949
2023-2024: A1990
2015-S3969 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3969 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the private housing finance law, in relation to preferences under the affordable home ownership development program for service related disabled veterans PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To give preference to a disabled veteran with a VA disability rating of 40% or higher the opportunity to get into an affordable home ownership program. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: This legislation will make the Affordable Home Ownership Development Program available to home buyers who are service related disabled veterans. This legislation directs the Affordable Housing Corporation, when determining awards under the Affordable Home Ownership Development Program, to provide a preference to applications based upon the extent to which the proposed project or program will serve households in which the home buyer is a disabled veteran, defined as those with a federal VA disability rating of 40% or higher. JUSTIFICATION:
2015-S3969 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3969 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 25, 2015 ___________ 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 private housing finance law, in relation to prefer- ences under the affordable home ownership development program for service related disabled veterans THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 1112 of the private housing finance law, as amended by chapter 898 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows: (a) Serve the lowest income households in the applicable region and is designed to continue to be affordable to such households for a substan- tial period of time[.] OR SERVE HOUSEHOLDS IN WHICH THE HOME BUYER IS A SERVICE RELATED DISABLED VETERAN. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "SERVICE RELATED DISABLED VETERAN" SHALL MEAN A PERSON (I) WHO SERVED IN THE ACTIVE MILITARY, NAVAL, OR AIR SERVICE DURING A TIME OF WAR AS DEFINED IN THIS PARAGRAPH, OR WHO WAS A RECIPIENT OF THE ARMED FORCES EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL, NAVY EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL, MARINE CORPS EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL, OR GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL, AND WHO WAS DISCHARGED OR RELEASED THEREFROM UNDER HONORABLE CONDITIONS, (II) HAS BEEN AWARDED A DISABILITY RATING OF FORTY PERCENT OR HIGHER FROM THE FEDERAL VETERAN'S ADMINISTRATION OR FROM THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, WHERE THAT DISABILITY WAS INCURRED IN LINE OF DUTY IN THE ACTIVE MILITARY, NAVAL OR AIR SERVICE, AS DOCU- MENTED ACCORDING TO RULES AND REGULATIONS TO BE PROMULGATED BY THE DIVI- SION. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "SERVICE DURING TIME OF WAR" SHALL MEAN: (I) THE INDIVIDUAL IN QUESTION WAS A RECIPIENT OF THE ARMED FORCES EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL, THE NAVY EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL OR THE MARINE CORPS EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL FOR PARTICIPATION IN OPERATIONS IN LEBANON FROM JUNE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02268-01-5
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