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Assembly Bill A1020

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires a resolution from each affected local taxing jurisdiction in Niagara county prior to approving real property tax exemptions

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2009-A1020 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง916-a, Gen Muni L

2009-A1020 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a resolution from each affected local taxing jurisdiction's governing body in Niagara county prior to approving real property tax exemptions.

2009-A1020 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1020

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. DelMONTE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Local Governments

AN  ACT  to  amend the general municipal law, in relation to obtaining a
  resolution from each affected local  taxing  jurisdiction's  governing
  body prior to approving any real property tax exemptions

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 916-a  of  the  general  municipal
law,  as  amended by chapter 694 of the laws of 1979, is amended to read
as follows:
  1. For the benefit of the county of Niagara and the inhabitants there-
of, an industrial development agency, to be known as the NIAGARA  COUNTY
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, is hereby established for the accomplish-
ment  of any or all of the purposes specified in title one of THIS arti-
cle [eighteen-A of this chapter]. It shall constitute a  body  corporate
and  politic, and be perpetual in duration. It shall have the powers and
duties now or hereafter conferred by title one of  THIS  article  [eigh-
teen-A of this chapter] upon industrial development agencies and provide
that  the  exercise  of  the  powers  by such agency with respect to the
acquisition of real property whether by purchase, condemnation or other-
wise, shall be limited to the corporate limits of the county of Niagara,
and such agency shall take into consideration the local zoning and plan-
ning regulations as well as the regional and  local  comprehensive  land
use  plans.  It  shall  be  organized  in  a manner prescribed by and be
subject to the provisions of title one of THIS  article  [eighteen-A  of
this  chapter]  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IN ADDITION TO THE PROVISIONS OF
SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS  ARTICLE,  THE  AGENCY  SHALL
RECEIVE  A  RESOLUTION  FROM  EACH  AFFECTED LOCAL TAXING JURISDICTION'S
GOVERNING BODY PRIOR TO APPROVING ANY REAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS.  Its
members shall be appointed by  the  governing  body  of  the  county  of

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

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