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History
- Referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs
- Committed to rules
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.116
- Referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs
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Excludes veterans' disability benefits from probable aggregate annual income
In Assembly Committee · Housing · Sponsor Sean Ryan
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S1624
Title of bill
An act to amend the public housing law, in relation to the exclusion of veterans' disability benefits from computation of income
Purpose
To see that disability benefits are not used in determining "aggregate annual income."
Summary of provisions
Section 156 of the Public Housing Law is to be amended so that, for the purposes of this section, disability benefits paid by the federal government to a veteran shall not be used in computing "aggregate annual income."
Justification
Benefits received for disability incurred while serving the nation should not jeopardize a person's eligibility for occupancy.
Prior legislative history
S.3111 of 2013-14; Referred to Housing, Construction and Community Development
Fiscal implications
Certain Persons' "aggregate annual income" will be based on a smaller gross in relation to this law.
Effective date
January 1 following enactment.
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