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                                         5848

                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                                   I N  S E N A T E

                                     June 11, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
         when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

       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:

    1    Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 425 of  the  real
    2  property  tax  law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (vii) to read
    3  as follows:
    4    (VII) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH,  ANY
    5  VETERAN,  AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (E) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION FOUR
    6  HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT-A OF THIS TITLE,  SHALL  QUALIFY  FOR  THE  ENHANCED
    7  EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY THIS SECTION.
    8    S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
    9  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.
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