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Assembly Bill A5767

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes cities or towns to impose a tax on real estate transfers and authorizes municipalities to create community preservation funds

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2009-A5767 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §248, Gen Muni L; add Art 33-C §§1580 - 1594, Tax L

2009-A5767 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes cities or towns to impose a tax on real estate transfers and authorizes municipalities to create community preservation funds.

2009-A5767 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5767

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 19, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. SWEENEY, CAHILL, HOYT, FIELDS, PAULIN, WALKER,
  ENGLEBRIGHT, ROSENTHAL,  GALEF,  WEPRIN,  RABBITT,  KAVANAGH,  COLTON,
  PERALTA  --  Multi-Sponsored  by -- M.  of A. BOYLAND, BRENNAN, CLARK,
  DINOWITZ,  FARRELL,  GLICK,  GOTTFRIED,  KELLNER,   LATIMER,   LIFTON,
  V. LOPEZ, LUPARDO, McENENY, MILLMAN, O'DONNELL, PHEFFER, THIELE, WEIN-
  STEIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments

AN  ACT  to amend the general municipal law and the tax law, in relation
  to authorizing cities and towns to impose a tax on real estate  trans-
  fers,  and authorizing municipalities to create community preservation
  funds

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

  Section  1.  The  general  municipal  law  is  amended by adding a new
section 248 to read as follows:
  S 248. COMMUNITY PRESERVATION FUNDS.  1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION,  THE
FOLLOWING WORDS AND TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
  (A)  "COMMUNITY PRESERVATION" OR "PRESERVATION OF COMMUNITY CHARACTER"
SHALL MEAN AND INCLUDE ANY OF THE PURPOSES OUTLINED IN SUBDIVISION  FIVE
OF THIS SECTION.
  (B)  "BOARD" MEANS THE ADVISORY BOARD REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
SIX OF THIS SECTION.
  (C) "TAX" MEANS THE REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAX PAYABLE ON A REAL PROPER-
TY CONVEYANCE PURSUANT TO SECTION FIFTEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE OF THE  TAX
LAW, BUT SHALL HAVE A DIFFERENT MEANING IF THE CONTEXT CLEARLY INDICATES
SUCH  AS  THE REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAX IMPOSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE THIR-
TY-ONE OF THE TAX LAW.
  (D) "FUND" MEANS THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION FUND CREATED  PURSUANT  TO
SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
  (E) "MUNICIPALITY" MEANS A CITY OR TOWN.
  (F)  "MUNICIPAL  LEGISLATIVE  BODY" MEANS THE TOWN BOARD OF A TOWN; OR
THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN, COMMON COUNCIL, COUNCIL OR COMMISSION OF A CITY.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02938-01-9
              

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