Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Dec 17, 2014 |
tabled vetoed memo.545 |
Dec 05, 2014 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 18, 2014 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.640 substituted for s7054 |
Jun 18, 2014 |
substituted by a8978 |
May 19, 2014 |
advanced to third reading |
May 14, 2014 |
2nd report cal. |
May 13, 2014 |
1st report cal.640 |
Apr 23, 2014 |
referred to aging |
Senate Bill S7054
Vetoed By Governor2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A8978 - Vetoed by Governor
- 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
- Vetoed By Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
2013-S7054 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-S7054 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S7054 TITLE OF BILL: 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 PURPOSE: This bill would require municipalities that have the senior citizen rent increase exemption (SCRIE) and disabled rent increase exemption (DRIE) program to ensure that individuals who have difficulty speaking or understanding English would have the same opportunity to participate in the SCRIE/DRIE program as other individuals. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1. This bill would require municipalities that offer the SCRIE/DRIE program to develop and implement a plan to make sure that individuals who have trouble speaking or understanding English have adequate access to the program. This plan would include: *Translation of necessary documents into the six most common non-English languages spoken in the municipality; *Provision of interpretive services upon request; and
2013-S7054 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7054 I N S E N A T E April 23, 2014 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SAVINO -- 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 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. LBD07971-01-3
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