Assembly Bill A8137

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to referrals of certain annexation petitions

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A8137 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1126
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§239-m & 711, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S1657
2021-2022: S1651

2023-A8137 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires county planning departments to review specific annexation petitions.

2023-A8137 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8137
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             October 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Local Governments
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the general municipal law, in relation to referrals of
   certain annexation petitions
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The section heading of section 239-m of the general munici-
 pal  law,  as  amended  by  chapter 459 of the laws of 1997, is amended,
 subparagraph (vi) of  paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  3  is  renumbered
 subparagraph  (vii)  and  a  new  subparagraph  (vi) is added to read as
 follows:
   Referral of certain proposed  city,  town  and  village  planning  and
 zoning  actions AND REFERRAL OF AND RECOMMENDATION ON CERTAIN ANNEXATION
 PETITIONS to the county planning agency or  regional  planning  council;
 report thereon; final action.
   (VI) ANNEXATION THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY REQUIRE COUNTY OR COUNTY AGENCY
 APPROVAL  (I)  TO  PROVIDE  WATER  OR  SEWER  SERVICE  IN THE AREA TO BE
 ANNEXED, OR (II) FOR THE ANNEXING MUNICIPALITY TO PROVIDE WATER OR SEWER
 SERVICE IN THE AREA TO BE ANNEXED;
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 711 of  the  general  municipal  law  is
 amended by adding a new closing paragraph to read as follows:
   PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, IN THE EVENT THAT THE PETITION TO INITIATE ANNEXA-
 TION IS SUBJECT TO REFERRAL TO AND  RECOMMENDATION  BY  RELEVANT  COUNTY
 PLANNING  AGENCY  OR  REGIONAL  PLANNING COUNCIL PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO
 HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE-M OF THIS CHAPTER, THE GOVERNING BOARDS OF THE MUNI-
 CIPALITIES AFFECTED BY SUCH ANNEXATION SHALL COMPLY  WITH  ALL  REQUIRE-
 MENTS OF SUCH SECTION PRIOR TO MAKING A FINAL DETERMINATION.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately, and shall apply to any
 annexation petition for which a  final  determination  by  the  affected
 governing boards as required by section 711 of the general municipal law
 has not yet been determined.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03739-01-3

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