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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2239
 
                               2009-2010 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 15, 2009
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. SCHROEDER, TOWNS, PHEFFER, SWEENEY, BENEDETTO,
          GUNTHER, LATIMER, J. RIVERA, COOK, KOLB -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
          A. BOYLAND, DESTITO, JOHN, LANCMAN, McENENY, PEOPLES -- read once  and
          referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
 
        AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to exempting from

          real  property  taxation  real property owned by a person certified to
          receive a United States  department  of  veterans  affairs  disability
          pension
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Paragraph (b) and the closing paragraph of subdivision 2 of
     2  section 459-c of the real property tax law, as amended by chapter 421 of
     3  the laws of 2000, are amended to read as follows:
     4    (b) a person with a disability is one who has  a  physical  or  mental
     5  impairment, not due to current use of alcohol or illegal drug use, which
     6  substantially  limits  such  person's  ability  to engage in one or more
     7  major life activities, such as caring for one's self, performing  manual
     8  tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning and work-

     9  ing,  and  who  (i)  is  certified to receive social security disability
    10  insurance (SSDI) or supplemental security income  (SSI)  benefits  under
    11  the  federal  Social Security Act, or (ii) is certified to receive Rail-
    12  road Retirement Disability benefits under the federal  railroad  Retire-
    13  ment  Act, or (iii) has received a certificate from the state commission
    14  for the blind and visually  handicapped  stating  that  such  person  is
    15  legally  blind,  or  (iv) is certified to receive a United States Postal
    16  Service disability pension, or (v) is  certified  to  receive  a  United
    17  States  department of veterans affairs disability pension pursuant to 38
    18  U.S.C. §1521.
    19    An award letter from the Social Security Administration or  the  Rail-
    20  road  Retirement  Board,  or a certificate from the state commission for

    21  the blind and visually handicapped, or an award letter from  the  United
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03194-01-9
        A. 2239                             2
 
     1  States Postal Service, or an award letter from the United States depart-
     2  ment of veterans affairs shall be submitted as proof of disability.
     3    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
     4  have become a law.