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Senate Bill S1959

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires entities receiving a certain tax exemption to employ New York state residents during the course of a project

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2009-S1959 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A434
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง485-b, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S3009
2013-2014: S1814
2015-2016: S3712
2017-2018: S2331
2019-2020: S2867
2021-2022: S709

2009-S1959 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires entities receiving a certain tax exemption to utilize New York State residents as at least eighty-five percent of its workforce during the course of a project for which the exemption is claimed.

2009-S1959 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1959 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1959

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 10, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  STACHOWSKI  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to the employment
  of New York state residents by entities receiving certain tax breaks

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  13 of section 485-b of the real property tax
law, as renumbered by chapter 305 of the laws  of  1994,  is  renumbered
subdivision 14 and a new subdivision 13 is added to read as follows:
  13.  (A)  ANY  ENTITY  SHALL  NOT BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE THE EXEMPTION
PROVIDED BY THIS SECTION UNLESS AT  LEAST  EIGHTY-FIVE  PERCENT  OF  ITS
EMPLOYEES  ARE  RESIDENTS  OF  THIS  STATE OR THE ENTITY FALLS WITHIN AN
EXCEPTION LISTED IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
  (B) AN ENTITY MAY RECEIVE THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY THIS SECTION  WITH
A  WORKFORCE  WHERE  LESS  THAN EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE EMPLOYEES ARE
RESIDENTS OF THIS STATE IF IT CAN SHOW THAT:
  (I) IT MADE DILIGENT EFFORTS TO HIRE RESIDENT EMPLOYEES, BUT  NO  SUCH
EMPLOYEES EXISTED OR WERE QUALIFIED FOR THE EMPLOYMENT POSITION; OR
  (II)  THE  EMPLOYMENT  POSITION  REQUIRES SPECIALIZED TALENTS THAT CAN
ONLY BE FILLED BY INDIVIDUALS WHO HAPPEN TO RESIDE OUTSIDE THIS STATE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have  become  a law and shall apply to any exemption claimed on or after
such effective date.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02625-01-9

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