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Requires signatures of chief executives of the villages of Hempstead and Freeport for payments in lieu of taxes 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.
BILL NUMBER:S7785
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation
to payments in lieu of taxes for projects approved by the town of Hemp-
stead industrial development agency and the Nassau county industrial
agency
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To require the chief executive officer and governing body of the village
of Hempstead and the village of Freeport to have a consultation and
participation role in pilot in lieu of taxes (PILOT) agreements that
impact such villages which are approved by Industrial Development Agen-
cies (IDA), and to provide additional audit and review oversight over
PILOT agreements impacting such villages.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section one requires that: prior to PILOT agreements being approved by
the town of Hempstead IDA (the agency) related to projects located in
the villages of Hempstead and Freeport, the chief executive officers and
governing bodies of such villages be consulted, respectively; the agency
obtain an impact analysis to determine the respective impact of the
PILOT on the villages of the project and the planned PILOT agreement;
the project applicant bear the cost related to the impact study; the
agency and the respective village's governing body shall jointly select
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7785
I N S E N A T E
June 9, 2014
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
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 OR THE
VILLAGE OF HEMPSTEAD, THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE AFFECTED
VILLAGE SHALL BE CONSULTED. THE AGENCY SHALL ALSO CONSULT WITH THE
VILLAGE GOVERNING BODY PRIOR TO ANY PILOT AGREEMENT BEING APPROVED BY
THE AGENCY FOR A PROJECT LOCATED IN THE VILLAGE OF FREEPORT 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 REVIEW-
ING APPLICATIONS AND APPROVING PILOT AGREEMENTS FOR PROJECTS LOCATED IN
THE VILLAGE OF FREEPORT 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 OR THE VILLAGE OF HEMPSTEAD AFTER THE THIRD
YEAR OF ENTERING INTO SUCH PILOT AGREEMENT, AND EVERY THIRD YEAR THERE-
AFTER, AND ADJUST THE PILOT AGREEMENT ACCORDINGLY BASED ON CHANGES TO
THE ASSESSED VALUE AND TAX RATE OF ALL OTHER REAL PROPERTIES LOCATED IN
SUCH VILLAGES. THE AGENCY SHALL PROVIDE A WRITTEN REPORT TO THE VILLAGE
OF FREEPORT AND THE VILLAGE OF HEMPSTEAD DOCUMENTING ANY AND ALL VARI-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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