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Assembly Bill A8643

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Exempts certain old growth forests from taxation

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2017-A8643 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5160
Current Committee:
Assembly Real Property Taxation
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §480-a, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A10386, S3189
2013-2014: A1921, S3028
2015-2016: A2174, S1559
2019-2020: A149, S4860

2017-A8643 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts certain old-growth forests from private property taxation.

2017-A8643 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8643
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             September 1, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. D'URSO -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Real Property Taxation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  real property tax law, in relation to exempting
   certain old-growth forests from taxation
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subparagraph  (ii)  of  paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of
 section 480-a of the real property tax law, as amended by chapter 396 of
 the laws of 2008, is amended and a new subparagraph (iii)  is  added  to
 read as follows:
   (ii)  participation  in a forest certification program (such as Forest
 Stewardship  Council  certification,  Sustainable  Forestry  Initiative;
 American  Tree  Farm Program, etc.) recognized in the regulations of the
 department[.]; OR
   (III) AS TO AN "OLD-GROWTH"  ELIGIBLE  TRACT,  A  PLAN  THAT  INCLUDES
 PROVISIONS  THAT THE OLD-GROWTH FOREST BE PROTECTED WITH MINIMUM MANAGE-
 MENT OR DISTURBANCE THAT ONLY CONSIDERS  PASSIVE  RECREATIONAL  OPPORTU-
 NITIES  WITH  NO  CONSTRUCTION  OR COMMERCIAL REMOVAL OF TREES. IN THOSE
 PROVISIONS, THE  PROTECTION  OF  THE  OLD-GROWTH  FOREST  FROM  INVASIVE
 SPECIES AND DISEASES MAY BE CONSIDERED.
   § 2. Paragraph (h) of subdivision 1 of section 480-a of the real prop-
 erty  tax  law  is  relettered  paragraph (i) and a new paragraph (h) is
 added to read as follows:
   (H) "OLD-GROWTH ELIGIBLE TRACT" SHALL MEAN A TRACT THAT CONFORMS  WITH
 THE  DEFINITION  OF  "OLD-GROWTH FOREST" CONTAINED IN SUBDIVISION SIX OF
 SECTION 45-0105 OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW AND THAT THE OWNER
 OF SUCH TRACT HAS ELECTED TO DECLARE AS AN "OLD GROWTH" TRACT.
   § 3. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 5 of section 480-a of the real prop-
 erty tax law is relettered paragraph (e) and  a  new  paragraph  (d)  is
 added to read as follows:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10459-01-7

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