S482A-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO AGING
• Apr 11, 2011: REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
• Mar 18, 2011: NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED
• Jan 13, 2011: PRINT NUMBER 482A
• Jan 13, 2011: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO AGING
• Jan 5, 2011: REFERRED TO AGING

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S482A-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S482A

TITLE OF BILL:              REVISED 12/30/11
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 467-6 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 beep.
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:
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.

S482A-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 482--A
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 (PREFILED)
 January 5, 2011
 
 Introduced  by Sens. DIAZ, MONTGOMERY -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging --  commit
 tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom
 mitted to said committee
 

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.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03320-03-1
 
       S. 482--A                           2
 

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:

 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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