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Assembly Bill A6609A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the limit upon real property tax levies by local governments

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2015-A6609 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Real Property Taxation
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-c, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A5643
2019-2020: A5537
2021-2022: A5649
2023-2024: A5424
2025-2026: A3663

2015-A6609 - Summary

Relates to the limit upon real property tax levies by local governments; exempts real property owned by a city, town or village from taxes for infrastructure, road maintenance, snow removal, capital projects, consent order and smart growth initiative expenses and any extraordinary expenses required to respond to public health emergencies and pandemics.

2015-A6609 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6609

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 27, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Real Property Taxation

AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to public proper-
  ty

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

  Section 1. The real property tax  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
section 404-a to read as follows:
  S  404-A.  CITIES,  TOWNS  AND VILLAGES IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.  ALL
REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY A CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE IN THE STATE OF NEW  YORK
SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM TAXATION FOR THE FOLLOWING:
  1. INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS;
  2. ROAD MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND RENOVATION;
  3. SNOW REMOVAL;
  4.  CAPITAL  PROJECTS  AND  INFRASTRUCTURE  IMPROVEMENTS IN UTILITIES,
TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION;
  5. EXPENSES DERIVED FROM CONSENT ORDERS AND SMART GROWTH  INITIATIVES;
AND
  6.  ANY  EXTRAORDINARY  EXPENSES  REQUIRED TO RESPOND TO PUBLIC HEALTH
EMERGENCIES AND PANDEMICS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10164-01-5

2015-A6609A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Real Property Taxation
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-c, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A5643
2019-2020: A5537
2021-2022: A5649
2023-2024: A5424
2025-2026: A3663

2015-A6609A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the limit upon real property tax levies by local governments; exempts real property owned by a city, town or village from taxes for infrastructure, road maintenance, snow removal, capital projects, consent order and smart growth initiative expenses and any extraordinary expenses required to respond to public health emergencies and pandemics.

2015-A6609A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 6609--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 27, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee  on  Real Property Taxation -- committee discharged, bill amended,
  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to the limit upon
  real property tax levies by local governments

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

  Section  1.  Subparagraph  (i)  of  paragraph  (g) of subdivision 2 of
section 3-c of the general municipal law, as added by section 1 of  part
A of chapter 97 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
  (i)  a  tax  levy  necessary for expenditures resulting from (A) court
orders or judgments against the local government  arising  out  of  tort
actions for any amount that exceeds five percent of the total tax levied
in the prior fiscal year OR (B) ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
  (1) INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS;
  (2) ROAD MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND RENOVATION;
  (3) SNOW REMOVAL;
  (4)  CAPITAL  PROJECTS  AND  INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS IN UTILITIES,
TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION;
  (5) EXPENSES DERIVED FROM CONSENT ORDERS AND SMART GROWTH INITIATIVES;
AND
  (6) ANY EXTRAORDINARY EXPENSES REQUIRED TO RESPOND  TO  PUBLIC  HEALTH
EMERGENCIES AND PANDEMICS;
  S  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
the amendments to section 3-c of  the  general  municipal  law  made  by
section  one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and
shall be deemed to be repealed therewith.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10164-02-5

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