Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 08, 2012 |
referred to agriculture delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 07, 2012 |
advanced to third reading |
May 02, 2012 |
2nd report cal. |
May 01, 2012 |
1st report cal.630 |
Feb 29, 2012 |
print number 847a |
Feb 29, 2012 |
amend and recommit to agriculture |
Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to agriculture returned to senate died in assembly |
May 02, 2011 |
referred to agriculture delivered to assembly passed senate |
Mar 14, 2011 |
advanced to third reading |
Mar 10, 2011 |
2nd report cal. |
Mar 09, 2011 |
1st report cal.198 |
Jan 05, 2011 |
referred to agriculture |
Senate Bill S847
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2011-S847 - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A6212
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Agriculture
- Law Section:
- Agriculture and Markets Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §301, Ag & Mkts L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2009-2010:
S2474, A5955
2013-2014: S4331, A7008
2015-2016: S1916, S6613, A7069
2017-2018: S4535, A6159
2019-2020: S2085
2021-2022: S2253
2023-2024: S6015
2011-S847 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S847 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to increasing the acreage of farm woodland which qualifies as land used in agricultural production for agricultural assessment purposes PURPOSE: This legislation would double the amount of woodlands eligible for an agricultural assessment. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends paragraph (d) of subdivision 4 of section 301 of the agricultural and markets law to change the maximum acreage for agricultural assessment of farm woodlands from fifty acres to one hundred acres. JUSTIFICATION: Many farms have woodlands on their property which exceed fifty acres, but some only barely exceed that amount, causing local assessors to divide a single woodlot into two separate parcels so that one may be assessed at the "highest and best use" while the other receives an assessment based upon its agricultural value. In many instances the former is only a few small acres of land. As we continue farm preservation efforts and this legislation would allow farmers,
2011-S847 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 847 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sens. YOUNG, RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to increas- ing the acreage of farm woodland which qualifies as land used in agri- cultural production for agricultural assessment purposes THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph d of subdivision 4 of section 301 of the agricul- ture and markets law, as amended by chapter 445 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows: d. Farm woodland which is part of land which is qualified for an agri- cultural assessment, provided, however, that such farm woodland attrib- utable to any separately described and assessed parcel shall not exceed [fifty] ONE HUNDRED acres. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03444-01-1
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 46th Senate District
(R, C) 58th Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2011-S847A (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A6212
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Agriculture
- Law Section:
- Agriculture and Markets Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §301, Ag & Mkts L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2009-2010:
S2474, A5955
2013-2014: S4331, A7008
2015-2016: S1916, S6613, A7069
2017-2018: S4535, A6159
2019-2020: S2085
2021-2022: S2253
2023-2024: S6015
2011-S847A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 847--A 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sens. YOUNG, BRESLIN, O'MARA, RANZENHOFER, RITCHIE, VALE- SKY -- (at request of the Legislative Commission on Rural Resources) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture -- recommitted to the Committee on Agri- culture in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to increas- ing the acreage of farm woodland which qualifies as land used in agri- cultural production for agricultural assessment purposes THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph d of subdivision 4 of section 301 of the agricul- ture and markets law, as amended by chapter 445 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows: d. Farm woodland which is part of land which is qualified for an agri- cultural assessment, provided, however, that such farm woodland attrib- utable to any separately described and assessed parcel shall not exceed [fifty] ONE HUNDRED (100) acres. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03444-02-1
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