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Assembly Bill A5761

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Creates a Staten Island landmark commission to evaluate applications and grant real property tax credits for certain structures deemed of significant architectural value

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2017-A5761 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Tourism, Parks, Arts And Sports Development
Law Section:
Richmond County
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A7313
2011-2012: A5773
2013-2014: A5442
2015-2016: A6115, A10324

2017-A5761 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates a Staten Island landmark commission to evaluate applications and grant real property tax credits for certain structures deemed of significant architectural or community value.

2017-A5761 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5761
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 15, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. CASTORINA, MALLIOTAKIS, MONTESANO -- read once
   and referred to the Committee  on  Tourism,  Parks,  Arts  and  Sports
   Development
 
 AN  ACT  in relation to creating a special landmark commission on Staten
   Island to grant tax credits for the preservation of  certain  historic
   structures

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. 1. There is hereby created a special landmark commission in
 the borough of Staten Island to review  and  evaluate  applications  for
 real  property  tax  credits  for  the  preservation  of residential and
 commercial structures deemed to be of sufficient architectural or commu-
 nity value. Such structures need not qualify as historic structures, but
 shall be evaluated by the commission to determine their significance  to
 the community. The commission shall promulgate rules for the application
 and granting of tax credits and shall determine the amount of such cred-
 it.
   2.  The  landmark commission shall consist of the borough president of
 Staten Island and the members of the city  council.  The  chair  of  the
 community  board  in  whose  community  the property is located shall be
 invited to serve on the commission to evaluate applications for property
 in such community.
   3. The commission shall  develop  and  distribute  or  make  available
 application request forms.
   4. A majority vote of the entire commission shall be required to grant
 a credit.
   ยง  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08289-01-7

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