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Assembly Bill A10692

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires signatures of mayors of the villages of Hempstead and Freeport for payments in lieu of taxes from town of Hempstead and Nassau IDA's

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2011-A10692 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7726
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง905 & 922, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
A1722

2011-A10692 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires signatures of chief executives of the villages of Hempstead and Freeport for payments in lieu of taxes prior to the grant of application or the effectiveness of any such grant for a payment for projects approved by the Nassau county industrial development agency and the town of Hempstead industrial development agency.

2011-A10692 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  10692

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 15, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Hooper) --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation  to  payments  in
  lieu  of  taxes  for projects approved by the town of Hempstead indus-
  trial development agency and the Nassau 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 905 of the general munici-
pal  law 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  (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO IN THIS SECTION AS "PILOT") AGREEMENT BY
THE AGENCY FOR A PROJECT LOCATED IN  THE  VILLAGE  OF  FREEPORT  OR  THE
VILLAGE OF HEMPSTEAD, THE WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
OF THE AFFECTED VILLAGE SHALL BE OBTAINED.  THE AGENCY SHALL ALSO OBTAIN
THE  APPROVAL,  BY  THREE-FIFTHS MAJORITY, OF THE VILLAGE GOVERNING BODY
PRIOR TO ANY PILOT AGREEMENT BEING APPROVED BY THE AGENCY FOR A  PROJECT
LOCATED IN THE VILLAGE OF FREEPORT OR THE VILLAGE OF HEMPSTEAD. IN ADDI-
TION, THE AGENCY SHALL OBTAIN AN IMPACT ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE THE IMPACT
ON  THE  VILLAGE  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 VILLAGE GOVERNING BODY
SHALL JOINTLY SELECT A QUALIFIED ENTITY TO CONDUCT THE IMPACT  ANALYSIS.
THE  MEMBERSHIP OF THE AGENCY, WHEN REVIEWING APPLICATIONS AND APPROVING
PILOT AGREEMENTS FOR PROJECTS LOCATED IN THE VILLAGE OF FREEPORT OR  THE
VILLAGE  OF  HEMPSTEAD,  SHALL  INCLUDE  AT  LEAST  ONE  MEMBER  OF SUCH
VILLAGE'S GOVERNING BODY AND AT LEAST THREE AT LARGE MEMBERS DRAWN  FROM
A CROSS SECTION OF THE VILLAGE COMMUNITY.
  3.  THE  AGENCY SHALL REVIEW ANY PILOT AGREEMENT FOR A PROJECT LOCATED
IN THE VILLAGE OF FREEPORT OR THE VILLAGE OF HEMPSTEAD AFTER  THE  THIRD
YEAR  OF ENTERING INTO SUCH PILOT AGREEMENT, AND EVERY THIRD YEAR THERE-
AFTER, AND ADJUST THE PILOT AGREEMENT ACCORDINGLY BASED  ON  CHANGES  TO
THE  ASSESSED VALUE AND TAX RATE OF ALL OTHER REAL PROPERTIES LOCATED IN
SUCH VILLAGES.  THE AGENCY SHALL PROVIDE A WRITTEN REPORT TO THE VILLAGE

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

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