NY State Senate Bill 2013-S6121

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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.120
Jan 08, 2014	referred to local government

Votes

- Feb 4, 2014 - Local Government Committee Vote
  S6121
  
  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-S6121 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §925-v, Gen Muni L

2013-S6121 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the town of Hamburg industrial development agency.

2013-S6121 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S6121

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

PURPOSE:  To expand the corporate limits of the town of Hamburg
industrial development agency to the towns of Aurora, Boston, Eden,
Evans, and Orchard Park

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 expands the ability of the Town of Hamburg Industrial
Development Agency to exercise its powers to include property within
the corporate limits of the towns of Aurora, Boston, Eden, Evans, and
Orchard Park, 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 Hamburg
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 Hamburg
industrial development agency to the towns of Aurora, Boston, Eden,
Evans, and Orchard Park. 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 TDA, 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-S6121 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6121

                            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
  Hamburg industrial development agency

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

  Section 1. Section 925-v of the general municipal law, as  amended  by
chapter 441 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
  S  925-v.  Town  of  Hamburg industrial development agency. 1. For the
benefit of the town of Hamburg in the county of Erie, and  the  inhabit-
ants  thereof, an industrial development agency, to be known as the TOWN
OF HAMBURG 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 HAMBURG, AURORA, BOSTON,
EDEN, EVANS AND ORCHARD PARK, 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 Hamburg 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 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 Hamburg. THE SUPERVISORS
OF THE TOWNS OF AURORA, BOSTON, EDEN, EVANS AND ORCHARD PARK SHALL SERVE
AS EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS OF THE AGENCY. The agency, its  members,  officers

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

                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13141-01-3

S. 6121                             2

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.
  2.  Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision two of section eight
hundred fifty-six of article eighteen-A  of  this  chapter,  the  agency
shall  consist  of  not  less  than three nor more than nine members who
shall be appointed by the governing body of the town of Hamburg.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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