Requires signatures of the chief executive of the town of Chester for payments in lieu of taxes prior to the grant of application or the effectiveness of any such grant for a payment in lieu of taxes by the Orange county industrial development agency or any other agency that affects a municipality; makes related provisions.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
June 14, 2010
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Calhoun) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to the town of
Chester and the Orange county industrial agency
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The opening paragraph of section 912 of the general munic-
ipal law, as amended by chapter 390 of the laws of 1972, is designated
subdivision 1 and three new subdivisions 2, 3 and 4 are added to read as
follows:
2. PRIOR TO THE APPROVAL OF ANY APPLICATION FOR A PAYMENT IN LIEU OF
TAXES (PILOT) AGREEMENT BY THE AGENCY FOR A PROJECT LOCATED IN THE TOWN
OF CHESTER, THE WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE
AFFECTED TOWN SHALL BE OBTAINED. THE AGENCY SHALL ALSO OBTAIN THE
APPROVAL, BY THREE-FIFTHS MAJORITY, OF THE TOWN GOVERNING BODY PRIOR TO
ANY PILOT AGREEMENT BEING APPROVED BY THE AGENCY FOR A PROJECT LOCATED
IN THE TOWN OF CHESTER. IN ADDITION, THE AGENCY SHALL OBTAIN AN IMPACT
ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE THE IMPACT ON THE TOWN OF THE PROJECT AND THE
PLANNED PILOT AGREEMENT. THE APPLICANT FOR SUCH PILOT AGREEMENT SHALL
BEAR THE COSTS RELATED TO THE REQUIRED IMPACT ANALYSIS. THE AGENCY AND
THE TOWN GOVERNING BODY SHALL JOINTLY SELECT A QUALIFIED ENTITY TO
CONDUCT THE IMPACT ANALYSIS. THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE AGENCY, WHEN REVIEW-
ING APPLICATIONS AND APPROVING PILOT AGREEMENTS FOR PROJECTS LOCATED IN
THE TOWN OF CHESTER, SHALL INCLUDE AT LEAST ONE MEMBER OF SUCH TOWN'S
GOVERNING BODY AND AT LEAST THREE AT LARGE MEMBERS DRAWN FROM A CROSS
SECTION OF THE TOWN COMMUNITY.
3. THE AGENCY SHALL REVIEW ANY PILOT AGREEMENT FOR A PROJECT LOCATED
IN THE TOWN OF CHESTER AFTER THE THIRD YEAR OF ENTERING INTO SUCH PILOT
AGREEMENT, AND EVERY THIRD YEAR THEREAFTER, AND ADJUST THE PILOT AGREE-
MENT ACCORDINGLY BASED ON CHANGES TO THE ASSESSED VALUE AND TAX RATE OF
ALL OTHER REAL PROPERTIES LOCATED IN SUCH TOWN.
4. A PILOT AGREEMENT FOR A PROJECT LOCATED IN THE TOWN OF CHESTER
SHALL NOT BE RENEWED OR RENEGOTIATED UNTIL A FULL FORENSIC AUDIT HAS
BEEN COMPLETED OF THE ACCOUNTS OF THE PARTY OBLIGATED TO MAKE PAYMENTS
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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