Includes the war on terrorism within the definition of "period of war" for purposes of the veterans alternative property tax exemption; clarifies the availability of real property tax exemptions for activated reservists who return from active duty but remain affiliated with a reserve unit.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1516
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 10, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. TEDISCO, BARCLAY, FINCH -- Multi-Sponsored by --
M. of A. CROUCH, HAWLEY, McDONOUGH, OAKS, REILICH, SAYWARD -- read
once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to including the
war on terrorism within the definition of "period of war" for purposes
of the veterans alternative property tax exemption
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 458-a of the real
2 property tax law, as amended by chapter 179 of the laws of 2006, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 (a) "Period of war" means the Spanish-American war; the Mexican border
5 period; World War I; World War II; the hostilities, known as the Korean
6 war, which commenced June twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred fifty and
7 terminated on January thirty-first, nineteen hundred fifty-five; the
8 hostilities, known as the Vietnam war, which commenced February twenty-
9 eighth, nineteen hundred sixty-one and terminated on May seventh, nine-
10 teen hundred seventy-five; [and] the hostilities, known as the Persian
11 Gulf conflict, which commenced August second, nineteen hundred ninety;
12 and the hostilities, known as the war on terrorism, which commenced in
13 two thousand one including the hostilities in Afghanistan and Iraq.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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