NY State Senate Bill 2013-S6119

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 20, 2014	committed to rules
Feb 11, 2014	advanced to third reading
Feb 10, 2014	2nd report cal.
Feb 04, 2014	1st report cal.118
Jan 08, 2014	referred to local government

Votes

- Feb 4, 2014 - Local Government Committee Vote
  S6119
  
  Aye
  
  6
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  3
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  
  0
  - - Local Government Committee Vote: Feb 4, 2014
      
      aye (6)
      
      Boyle
      
      Marchione
      
      Martins
      
      O'Brien
      
      Ritchie
      
      Valesky
      
      aye wr (3)
      
      Ball
      
      Gipson
      
      Latimer

2013-S6119 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §914-a, Gen Muni L

2013-S6119 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the town of Amherst industrial development agency.

2013-S6119 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S6119

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation
to the town of Amherst industrial development agency

PURPOSE:  To expand the corporate limits of the town of Amherst
industrial development agency to the towns of Grand Island and
Tonawanda

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 expands the ability of the Town of Amherst Industrial
Development Agency to exercise its powers to include property within
the corporate limits of the towns of Grand Island and Tonawanda,
provided that such town boards pass a resolution in support of the
exercise of such powers.

Section 2 states that this law shall take effect immediately.

EXISTING LAW:  The exercise of powers of the town of Amherst
industrial development agency is limited to the corporate limits of
the town.

JUSTIFICATION: On September 26, 2012, Senator Gallivan held a public
hearing regarding Industrial Development Agencies in Erie County. One
of the concerns at this meeting was that many towns in Erie County

lack an IDA and consequently are at a competitive disadvantage when
businesses choose where to locate. One suggestion on how to address
this issue was to allow towns without an IDA to access the IDA of a
town with one. After further consultation with the towns in Erie
County, both those with and without IDAs, a regional plan for IDA
expansion emerged as the consensus plan for creating a level playing
field for all towns in Erie County.

This bill expands the corporate limits of the town of Amherst
industrial development agency to the towns of Grand Island and
Tonawanda. This system will require that towns work together to
advance projects that are in the best interests of the region and Erie
County as a whole. The cities are left the exclusive territory of the
Erie County IDA, which is where the ECIDA has chosen to focus its
energy. Projects in small towns, which are meaningful to the town in
question but not critical to the county at large, are often put on the
backburner by the ECIDA as it focuses on revitalizing the city cores.
This new approach will give small towns greater opportunities to
pursue these projects while allowing the ECIDA to continue to focus
its energy in the areas most in need of its resources.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: Minimal

LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:  The increased property values and future
property tax revenues that will result will pay for tax abatements.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediate.

2013-S6119 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6119

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 8, 2014
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to  the  town  of
  Amherst industrial development agency

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

  Section 1.  Section 914-a of the general municipal law,  as  added  by
chapter 579 of the laws of 1973, is amended to read as follows:
  S  [914-a] 914-B.   Town of Amherst industrial development agency. For
the benefit of the town of Amherst in the county of Erie, and the inhab-
itants thereof, an industrial development agency, to  be  known  as  the
TOWN OF AMHERST INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, is hereby established for
the  accomplishment of any or all of the purposes specified in title one
of article eighteen-A of this chapter. It shall constitute a body corpo-
rate and politic, and be perpetual in duration. It shall have the  power
and duties now or hereafter conferred by title one of article eighteen-A
of  this  chapter upon industrial development agencies and provided that
the exercise of the powers by such agency with respect to  the  acquisi-
tion  of  real  property whether by purchase, condemnation or otherwise,
shall be limited to the corporate limits of THE TOWNS OF AMHERST,  GRAND
ISLAND  AND  TONAWANDA,  ALSO PROVIDED THAT NO EXERCISE OF THE POWERS BY
SUCH AGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY WHETHER  BY
PURCHASE, CONDEMNATION OR OTHERWISE, OUTSIDE THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF the
town  of  Amherst SHALL BE VALID UNTIL THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN WITHIN
WHOSE CORPORATE LIMITS SUCH REAL PROPERTY IS LOCATED PASSES A RESOLUTION
IN SUPPORT OF THE EXERCISE OF THIS POWER, and  such  agency  shall  take
into  consideration the local zoning and planning regulations as well as
the regional and local comprehensive land use plans. It shall be  organ-
ized in a manner prescribed by and be subject to the provisions of title
one  of  article  eighteen-A  of  this  chapter.  Its  members  shall be
appointed by the governing body of the town of Amherst. THE  SUPERVISORS
OF  THE  TOWNS  OF  GRAND ISLAND AND TONAWANDA SHALL SERVE AS EX-OFFICIO
MEMBERS OF THE AGENCY. The agency, its members, officers  and  employees
and  its  operations and activities shall in all respects be governed by
the provisions of title one of article eighteen-A of this chapter.

  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13139-01-3

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2013-S6119 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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