New York A 6966: Allows the immediate family of a member of the armed forces killed in active duty to qualify for the alternate veterans exception

Bill Text

STATE OF NEW YORK
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6966
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 28, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. DenDEKKER -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Veterans' Affairs
AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to allowing the
immediate family of a member of the armed forces killed in active duty
to qualify for the alternate veterans exemption
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 458-a of the real property tax
2 law, as added by chapter 326 of the laws of 2000 and paragraph (b) as
3 amended by chapter 518 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as
4 follows:
5 7. (a) As used in this subdivision, "Gold Star [ ] Parent" Family
6 shall mean the parent of a [ ]Member" , spouse, child or sibling child
7 who died in the line of duty while serving in the United Statesperson
8 armed forces during a period of war.
9 (b) A county, city, town, village or school district may adopt a local
10 law to include a Gold Star [ ] within the definitionParent Family Member
11 of "qualified owner", as provided in paragraph (c) of subdivision one of
12 this section, and to include property owned by a Gold Star [ ]Parent
13 within the definition of "qualifying residential realFamily Member
14 property" as provided in paragraph (d) of subdivision one of this
15 section, provided that such property shall be the primary residence of
16 the Gold Star [ ] .Parent Family Member
17 (c) The additional exemption provided for in paragraph (c) of subdivi-
18 sion two of this section shall not apply to real property owned by a
19 Gold Star [ ] .Parent Family Member
20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in (underscored) is new; matter in bracketsitalics
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09862-01-7