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                                    977
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2023
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 Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law  and  the  public  authorities
   law, in relation to notice procedures prior to approval of projects by
   industrial development agencies

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1-a of section 859-a of the  general  municipal
 law,  as  added  by  a  chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the general
 municipal law and the  public  authorities  law  relating  to  requiring
 notice  and  confirmation of such notice by affected local taxing juris-
 dictions and school districts prior to approval of  projects  by  indus-
 trial  development agencies, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.
 3256 and A. 10056, is amended and a new subdivision 7 is added  to  read
 as follows:
   1-a.  The agency shall deliver a copy of the resolution adopted pursu-
 ant to subdivision one of this section by certified mail, return receipt
 requested OR AN ELECTRONIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH A  READ-RECEIPT,  to  the
 chief executive officer of each affected local taxing jurisdiction. When
 the  affected local taxing jurisdiction is a school district, the agency
 shall deliver a copy  of  such  resolution  by  certified  mail,  return
 receipt  requested  OR AN ELECTRONIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH A READ-RECEIPT,
 to the [school board] DISTRICT CLERK and district superintendent of each
 affected school district.
   7. EACH AGENCY SHALL ESTABLISH A PROCEDURE  FOR  COMPLIANCE  WITH  THE
 NOTIFICATION  REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING IDENTIFICATION OF THE NOTIFICATION
 METHOD, UNDER SUBDIVISION ONE-A OF THIS SECTION  AND  PARAGRAPH  (B)  OF
 SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS TITLE.
   §  2.  Paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision 4 of section 874 of the general
 municipal law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending  the
 general municipal law and the public authorities law relating to requir-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04215-01-3
              

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 ing  notice  and  confirmation  of  such notice by affected local taxing
 jurisdictions and school districts prior  to  approval  of  projects  by
 industrial  development  agencies,  as  proposed  in  legislative  bills
 numbers S. 3256 and A. 10056, is amended to read as follows:
   (b)  The  agency  shall  establish  a procedure for deviation from the
 uniform tax exemption policy required pursuant to this subdivision.  The
 agency  shall  set  forth in writing the reasons for deviation from such
 policy, and shall further  notify  by  certified  mail,  return  receipt
 requested  OR  AN  ELECTRONIC  CORRESPONDENCE  WITH  A READ-RECEIPT, the
 affected local taxing jurisdictions of the proposed deviation from  such
 policy  and the reasons therefor.  When the affected local taxing juris-
 diction is a school district, the agency shall notify by certified mail,
 return receipt requested OR AN ELECTRONIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH A READ-RE-
 CEIPT, the [school board] DISTRICT CLERK and district superintendent  of
 each affected school district.
   §  3. Subdivision 1-a of section 1953-a of the public authorities law,
 as added by a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the general municipal
 law and the public authorities law  relating  to  requiring  notice  and
 confirmation  of  such notice by affected local taxing jurisdictions and
 school districts prior to approval of projects by industrial development
 agencies, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3256 and A. 10056,
 is amended and a new subdivision 4 is added to read as follows:
   1-a. The authority shall deliver a  copy  of  the  resolution  adopted
 pursuant  to  subdivision  one of this section by certified mail, return
 receipt requested OR AN ELECTRONIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH A  READ  RECEIPT,
 to  the  chief executive officer of each affected tax jurisdiction. When
 the affected tax jurisdiction is a school district, the authority  shall
 deliver  a  copy  of  such  resolution by certified mail, return receipt
 requested OR AN ELECTRONIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH A  READ-RECEIPT,  to  the
 [school  board]  DISTRICT  CLERK  and  district  superintendent  of each
 affected school district.
   4. THE AUTHORITY SHALL ESTABLISH A PROCEDURE FOR COMPLIANCE  WITH  THE
 NOTIFICATION  REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING IDENTIFICATION OF THE NOTIFICATION
 METHOD, UNDER SUBDIVISION ONE-A OF THIS SECTION AND SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF
 SECTION NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE-A OF THIS TITLE.
   § 4. Subdivision 2 of section 1963-a of the public authorities law, as
 amended  by a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the general municipal
 law and the public authorities law  relating  to  requiring  notice  and
 confirmation  of  such notice by affected local taxing jurisdictions and
 school districts prior to approval of projects by industrial development
 agencies, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3256 and A. 10056,
 is amended to read as follows:
   2. The authority shall establish a procedure for  deviation  from  the
 uniform  tax  exemption  policy  required  pursuant to this section. The
 authority shall set forth in writing the reasons for deviation from such
 policy, and shall further  notify  by  certified  mail,  return  receipt
 requested  OR  AN  ELECTRONIC  CORRESPONDENCE  WITH  A READ-RECEIPT, the
 affected tax jurisdictions of the proposed deviation  from  such  policy
 and  the  reasons  therefor.    When  the affected tax jurisdiction is a
 school district, the authority shall notify by  certified  mail,  return
 receipt  requested  OR AN ELECTRONIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH A READ-RECEIPT,
 the [school board] DISTRICT CLERK and district  superintendent  of  each
 affected school district.
   § 5. Subdivision 1-a of section 2307 of the public authorities law, as
 added  by  a  chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the general municipal
 law and the public authorities law  relating  to  requiring  notice  and
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 confirmation  of  such notice by affected local taxing jurisdictions and
 school districts prior to approval of projects by industrial development
 agencies, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3256 and A. 10056,
 is amended and a new subdivision 4 is added to read as follows:
   1-a.  The  authority  shall  deliver  a copy of the resolution adopted
 pursuant to subdivision one of this section by  certified  mail,  return
 receipt  requested  OR AN ELECTRONIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH A READ-RECEIPT,
 to the chief executive officer of each affected tax  jurisdiction.  When
 the  affected tax jurisdiction is a school district, the authority shall
 deliver a copy of such resolution  by  certified  mail,  return  receipt
 requested  OR  AN  ELECTRONIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH A READ-RECEIPT, to the
 [school board]  DISTRICT  CLERK  and  district  superintendent  of  each
 affected school district.
   4.  THE  AUTHORITY SHALL ESTABLISH A PROCEDURE FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE
 NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING IDENTIFICATION OF THE  NOTIFICATION
 METHOD,  OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE-A  OF  THIS SECTION AND SUBDIVISION TWO OF
 SECTION TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THIS TITLE.
   § 6. Subdivision 2 of section 2315 of the public authorities  law,  as
 amended  by a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the general municipal
 law and the public authorities law  relating  to  requiring  notice  and
 confirmation  of  such notice by affected local taxing jurisdictions and
 school districts prior to approval of projects by industrial development
 agencies, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3256 and A. 10056,
 is amended to read as follows:
   2. The authority shall establish a procedure for  deviation  from  the
 uniform  tax  exemption  policy  required  pursuant to this section. The
 authority shall set forth in writing the reasons for deviation from such
 policy, and shall further  notify  by  certified  mail,  return  receipt
 requested  OR  AN  ELECTRONIC  CORRESPONDENCE  WITH  A READ-RECEIPT, the
 affected local taxing jurisdictions of the proposed deviation from  such
 policy and the reasons therefor. When the affected tax jurisdiction is a
 school  district,  the  authority shall notify by certified mail, return
 receipt requested OR AN ELECTRONIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH  A  READ-RECEIPT,
 the  [school  board]  DISTRICT CLERK and district superintendent of each
 affected school district.
   § 7. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
 manner  as  a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the general municipal
 law and the public authorities law  relating  to  requiring  notice  and
 confirmation  of  such notice by affected local taxing jurisdictions and
 school districts prior to approval of projects by industrial development
 agencies, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3256 and A. 10056,
 takes effect.