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A07289 Summary:

A07289 Actions:

A07289 Committee Votes:

Committee:VETERANS' AFFAIRS   Chair:Barrett      
DATE:05/21/2019AYE/NAY:17/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means        
Barrett
Aye
Morinello
Aye
Nolan
Excused
Hawley
Aye
Cusick
Aye
McDonough
Absent
Miller
Aye
Ashby
Aye
Santabarbara
Aye
Manktelow
Aye
Blake
Aye
Hunter
Aye
Mosley
Aye
D'Urso
Aye
Pheffer Amato
Aye
Wallace
Aye
Stern
Aye
Jones
Aye
Buttenschon
Aye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Weinstein      
DATE:06/05/2019AYE/NAY:31/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Weinstein
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Schimminger
Aye
Fitzpatrick
Aye
Gantt
Excused
Hawley
Aye
Glick
Aye
Malliotakis
Aye
Nolan
Excused
Montesano
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Ra
Aye
Perry
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Colton
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Cook
Aye
Norris
Aye
Cahill
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Cusick
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Rodriguez
Absent
Ramos
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Simotas
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Miller
Excused

Committee:RULES   Chair:Gottfried      
DATE:06/11/2019AYE/NAY:25/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Kolb
Aye
Gottfried
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Finch
Aye
Gantt
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Raia
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Malliotakis
Aye
Cook
Aye
Glick
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Englebright
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Colton
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Perry
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Titus
Excused
Peoples-Stokes
Excused
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Excused
Lupardo
Aye
Zebrowski
Excused

A07289 Floor Votes:

A07289 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7289
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     April 18, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. BARRETT, DenDEKKER -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
 
        AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to establishing a
          tax exemption for improvements to the  property  of  severely  injured
          members of the armed forces of the United States

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The real property tax  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  section 458-c to read as follows:
     3    §  458-c.  Improvements to property of severely injured members of the
     4  armed forces of the United States. 1. For the purpose of  this  section,
     5  "member  of  the  armed forces of the United States" shall mean a person
     6  who served in the army, navy, air  force,  marines,  coast  guard  or  a
     7  reserve command.
     8    2.  Real  property  altered, installed or improved for the purposes of
     9  removal of architectural barriers  that  challenge  the  mobility  of  a
    10  severely injured member of the armed forces of the United States who has
    11  a  service-connected  disability due to combat and found fit to serve by
    12  the physical  evaluation  board  of  such  service  member's  branch  of
    13  service, in existing property used solely for residential purposes shall
    14  be  exempt  from  taxation  and special ad valorem levies as hereinafter
    15  provided. After a public hearing, the governing board of a county, city,
    16  town or village may adopt a local law and a school district may adopt  a
    17  resolution  to  grant the exemption authorized pursuant to this section.
    18  A copy of such local law or resolution shall be filed with  the  commis-
    19  sioner  and  the  assessor  of  such  county,  city, town or village who
    20  prepares the assessment roll on which the taxes of  such  county,  city,
    21  town, village or school district are levied.
    22    3.  (a) Improvements to such real property shall be exempt pursuant to
    23  the following exemption schedule:
    24  Year of Exemption                     Percentage of Exemption
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11168-01-9
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     1         1                                        50
     2         2                                        45
     3         3                                        40
     4         4                                        35
     5         5                                        30
     6         6                                        25
     7         7                                        20
     8         8                                        15
     9         9                                        10
    10        10                                         5
    11    (b)  No  exemption shall be granted for alterations, installations, or
    12  improvements unless such  alterations,  installations,  or  improvements
    13  were  commenced  after  the  date  of the severely injured member of the
    14  armed forces' disability due to combat and subsequent to  the  effective
    15  date  of the local law or resolution adopted pursuant to subdivision two
    16  of this section.   Notwithstanding  the  foregoing  provision,  if  such
    17  alterations,  installations  or improvements were commenced prior to the
    18  effective date of the local law or resolution adopted pursuant to subdi-
    19  vision two of this section, such alternations, installations or improve-
    20  ments may receive an exemption pursuant to  the  exemption  schedule  of
    21  this  section for the remainder of the authorized period of exemption as
    22  if such alterations, installations or improvements, had  been  commenced
    23  on  or  after such effective date; provided, however, the property shall
    24  not be eligible for refunds of property  taxes  or  special  ad  valorem
    25  levies paid prior to the effective date of the local law or resolution.
    26    4. For the purpose of this section, the terms alteration, installation
    27  and improvement shall not include ordinary maintenance and repair.
    28    5. (a) The provisions of this section shall only apply to the qualify-
    29  ing  real  property  which  is  the  primary residence of the applicant,
    30  provided that, in the event any portion of such  real  property  is  not
    31  used  exclusively  for  the  applicant's  primary residence such portion
    32  shall not be subject to the exemption granted by this section.
    33    (b) The exemption from taxation provided  by  this  section  shall  be
    34  applicable to county, city, town, village, and school district taxation.
    35    (c)  If  a  severely  injured member of the United States armed forces
    36  receives the exemption under sections  four  hundred  fifty-eight,  four
    37  hundred  fifty-eight-a,  four hundred fifty-eight-b, four hundred fifty-
    38  nine or four hundred fifty-nine-c of this title,  the  severely  injured
    39  member  of  the  armed forces of the United States shall not be eligible
    40  under this section.
    41    6. (a) Applications for the exemption  allowable  under  this  section
    42  shall  be  made  by the owner, or all other owners, of the property on a
    43  form prescribed by the commissioner. The owner or owners shall file  the
    44  completed  form  in  the  assessor's office of the county, city, town or
    45  village having the power to assess property for taxation  on  or  before
    46  the  appropriate  taxable  status  date  of  such  county, city, town or
    47  village, with the following documentation:
    48    (i) a copy of the applicant's military ID card;
    49    (ii) a copy of the applicant's current military orders;
    50    (iii) a statement from the applicant's commander or superior  address-
    51  ing the applicant's physical capabilities;
    52    (iv)  a  letter  or letters from the applicant's treating physician or
    53  physicians addressing the applicant's physical capabilities and need for
    54  the alterations, installations or improvements of the applicant's prima-
    55  ry residence;
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     1    (v) copy of the after action report which describes  the  events  that
     2  resulted in the disability; and
     3    (vi)  any other evidence determined to be necessary by the commission-
     4  er.
     5    (b) Any applicant convicted of making a false statement on the  appli-
     6  cation  or submitted evidence for such exemption shall be subject to the
     7  penalties prescribed in article one hundred seventy-five  of  the  penal
     8  law.
     9    (c)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  this  section  or any other
    10  provisions of law, in a city having a population of one million or  more
    11  applications for the exemption authorized pursuant to this section shall
    12  be  considered  timely  filed on or before the fifteenth day of March of
    13  the appropriate tax years.
    14    7. If satisfied that the applicant is entitled to an exemption  pursu-
    15  ant to this section, the assessor shall approve the application and such
    16  building shall thereafter be exempt from taxation and special ad valorem
    17  levies  as  herein provided commencing with the assessment roll prepared
    18  on the basis of the taxable status date referred to in subdivision three
    19  of this section.  The assessed value of any exemption  granted  pursuant
    20  to  this section shall be entered by the assessor on the assessment roll
    21  with the taxable property, with the amount of the exemption shown  in  a
    22  separate column.
    23    8.  A  county,  city, town or village may by local law, or in a school
    24  district may by resolution:
    25    (a) reduce the per centum of the exemption otherwise allowed  pursuant
    26  to this section; and
    27    (b) limit eligibility for the exemption to those forms of alterations,
    28  installations,  or  improvements  as are prescribed in such local law or
    29  resolution.
    30    § 2. This act shall take effect on the second of January next succeed-
    31  ing the date on which it shall have become a  law  and  shall  apply  to
    32  assessment  rolls prepared on the basis of taxable status date occurring
    33  on or after such date.