NY State Senate Bill 2013-S6120

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	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.119
Jan 08, 2014	referred to local government

Votes

- Feb 4, 2014 - Local Government Committee Vote
  S6120
  
  6
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  3
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Local Government Committee Vote: Feb 4, 2014
      
      aye (6)
      
      Boyle
      
      Marchione
      
      Martins
      
      O'Brien
      
      Ritchie
      
      Valesky
      
      aye wr (3)
      
      Ball
      
      Gipson
      
      Latimer

2013-S6120 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §898-a, Gen Muni L

2013-S6120 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the town of Lancaster industrial development agency.

2013-S6120 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S6120

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

PURPOSE:  To expand the corporate limits of the town of Lancaster
industrial development agency to the towns of Cheektowaga and West
Seneca

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 expands the ability of the Town of Lancaster Industrial
Development Agency to exercise its powers to include property within
the corporate limits of the towns of Cheektowaga and West Seneca,
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 Lancaster
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 Lancaster
industrial development agency to the towns of Cheektowaga and West
Seneca. 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-S6120 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6120

                            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
  Lancaster industrial development agency

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

  Section 1. Section 898-a of the general municipal  law,  as  added  by
chapter 995 of the laws of 1972, is amended to read as follows:
  S  898-a.  Town  of  Lancaster  industrial development agency. For the
benefit of the town of Lancaster in the county of Erie, and the inhabit-
ants thereof, an industrial development agency, to be known as the  TOWN
OF  LANCASTER  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
corporate and politic, and be perpetual in duration.  It shall have  the
powers  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 acquisition of real property whether by  purchase,  condemnation  or
otherwise,  shall  be  limited  to  the corporate limits of THE TOWNS OF
LANCASTER, CHEEKTOWAGA AND WEST SENECA, 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 Lancaster 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 plan-
ning regulations as well as the regional and  local  comprehensive  land
use  plans.  It  shall  be  organized  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 Lancaster.  THE SUPERVISORS OF THE TOWNS OF CHEEKTOWAGA AND WEST
SENECA SHALL SERVE AS EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS OF THE AGENCY. The agency,  its

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13124-01-3

S. 6120                             2

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.

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Senate Bill S6120

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee

Feb 4, 2014 - Local Government Committee Vote

Local Government Committee Vote: Feb 4, 2014

2013-S6120 (ACTIVE) - Details

2013-S6120 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2013-S6120 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S6120 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Patrick M. Gallivan

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee

2013-S6120 (ACTIVE) - Details

2013-S6120 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2013-S6120 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S6120 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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