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Assembly Bill A6865

2011-2012 Legislative Session

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

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2011-A6865 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง905 & 922, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A10033

2011-A6865 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires signatures of chief executives of the villages of Hempstead, Garden City and Freeport for payments in lieu of payments 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-A6865 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6865

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              April 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by 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, THE VILLAGE
OF  GARDEN  CITY 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, THE VILLAGE
OF  GARDEN  CITY  OR  THE  VILLAGE OF HEMPSTEAD. IN ADDITION, 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, THE VILLAGE OF GARDEN  CITY
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, THE VILLAGE OF GARDEN CITY OR THE VILLAGE OF

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10080-02-1

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