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Assembly Bill A6159

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Increases from 50 to 100 acres, the acreage of farm woodland that qualifies as land used in agricultural production for agricultural assessment purposes

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2017-A6159 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4535
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §301, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5955, S2474
2011-2012: A6212, S847
2013-2014: A7008, S4331
2015-2016: A7069, S1916, S6613
2019-2020: S2085
2021-2022: S2253
2023-2024: S6015
2025-2026: S581

2017-A6159 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases from 50 to 100 acres, the acreage of farm woodland that qualifies as land used in agricultural production for agricultural assessment purposes.

2017-A6159 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6159
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 27, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. SKARTADOS, PALMESANO, GIGLIO, WOERNER, BLANKEN-
   BUSH, FITZPATRICK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. LOPEZ -- read once
   and referred to the Committee on Agriculture
 
 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to increas-
   ing the acreage of farm woodland which qualifies as land used in agri-
   cultural production for agricultural assessment purposes
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph d of subdivision 4 of section 301 of the agricul-
 ture  and markets law, as amended by chapter 445 of the laws of 2002, is
 amended to read as follows:
   d. Farm woodland which is part of land which is qualified for an agri-
 cultural assessment, provided, however, that such farm woodland  attrib-
 utable  to any separately described and assessed parcel shall not exceed
 [fifty] ONE HUNDRED acres.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01537-01-7

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