Senate Bill S444B

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides for the payment of state aid to the town of Ashford, in the county of Cattaraugus, for state land therein

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 24, 2018	print number 444b
Jan 24, 2018	amend and recommit to finance
Jan 23, 2018	reported and committed to finance
Jan 03, 2018	referred to investigations and government operations
Apr 26, 2017	print number 444a
Apr 26, 2017	amend and recommit to investigations and government operations
Jan 04, 2017	referred to investigations and government operations

Votes

- Jan 23, 2018 - Investigations And Government Operations Committee Vote
  S444B
  
  Aye
  
  9
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  
  0
  - - Investigations And Government Operations Committee Vote: Jan 23, 2018
      
      aye (9)
      
      Benjamin
      
      Carlucci
      
      Golden
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Lanza
      
      Murphy
      
      O'Mara
      
      Phillips

Bill Amendments

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B (Active)

2017-S444 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4992
Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Public Lands Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §19-b, Pub Lds L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S4868, A9285
2013-2014: S2676, A6015
2015-2016: S3009, A5447
2019-2020: S962, S7217, A5796
2021-2022: S378, A6782
2023-2024: S431, A2128
2025-2026: S1302, A4627

2017-S444 - Summary

Provides for the payment of state aid to the town of Ashford, in the county of Cattaraugus, for state lands in such town.

2017-S444 - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S444

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the public lands law, in relation to the payment of
state aid on account of certain state lands in the town of Ashford, in
the county of Cattaraugus

 PURPOSE :

The purpose of this bill is to provide for the payment of State aid to
the Town of Ashford, in the County of Cattaraugus, and the special
districts therein for state lands in such town.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 of this bill adds a new section 19-c to the Public Lands Law
to provide for the payment of $500,000 in State aid annually to the
Town of Ashford in the County of Cattaraugus, for lands owned by the
state or a state agency in such town.

Section 2 requires that this act shall take effect immediately, and
the first payment of state aid shall be in the year 2018.

 EXISTING LAW :

Section 19-b of the Public Lands Law currently provides for the
payment of State aid for the West Valley Nuclear sight based on tax
rolls from 1980. In addition, Sections 532, 534, and 536 of the Real
Property and Tax Law make certain State lands (not including the Town
of Ashford) taxable for some or all local government purposes.

 JUSTIFICATION :

The lands that would be the subject of State aid payments were used by
the state for the West Valley Demonstration project. Despite
accounting for 87%, of the taxable land in the Town of Ashford, the
state aid payments, which are based on a 1980 assessment, have not
increased in over 25 years. The loss of revenue to the town due to the
exempt properties have become unbearable for the taxpayers in the
town. The town is even more limited now in its capacity to raise
revenue due to the property tax cap enacted in 2011.

Because a significant amount of the acreage in the Town is tax-exempt
State property, the Town finds itself in a fiscally challenged
position with a constrained and overburdened tax base. This bill would
help alleviate this situation by providing an additional $500,000 in
yearly State aid payments to the Town of Ashford, to offset the loss
of tax revenue.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2015,2016: S.3009-A/A.5447-A Referred to Investigations and Government
Operations
2013,2014: S.2676-A/A.6015-A Referred to Investigations and Government
Operations
2011,2012: S.4868/A.9285 Referred to Investigations and Government
Operations

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

Minimal to the state.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately and the first payment of State
aid shall be based upon assessment rolls completed in 2018.

2017-S444 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    444
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  YOUNG  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public lands law, in  relation  to  the  payment  of
   state aid on account of certain state lands in the town of Ashford, in
   the county of Cattaraugus
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public lands law is amended by  adding  a  new  section
 19-c to read as follows:
   §  19-C.  STATE  AID;  CERTAIN  STATE LANDS IN THE TOWN OF ASHFORD. 1.
 STATE AID SHALL BE PAYABLE ANNUALLY, AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, TO THE
 TOWN OF ASHFORD, IN THE  COUNTY  OF  CATTARAUGUS,  AND  TO  ANY  SPECIAL
 DISTRICT,  AS  DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION SIXTEEN OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWO
 OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW, WITHIN SUCH TOWN, FOR ANY PARCEL  OF  LAND
 OWNED BY THE STATE, OR AN AGENCY OF THE STATE.
   2.  THE  STATE  AID SO PAYABLE SHALL BE EQUAL TO FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
 DOLLARS.
   3. STATE AID SHALL BE PAYABLE UPON APPLICATION OF THE  TOWN  BOARD  OF
 THE  TOWN  OF  ASHFORD  ON BEHALF OF SUCH TOWN AND THE SPECIAL DISTRICTS
 THEREIN TO THE STATE COMPTROLLER ON A FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE STATE COMP-
 TROLLER CONTAINING SUCH  INFORMATION  AS  THE  STATE  COMPTROLLER  SHALL
 REQUIRE.
   §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately and the first payment of
 state aid pursuant to section 19-c of the public lands law, as added  by
 section one of this act, shall be in 2018.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05893-01-7

2017-S444A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4992
Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Public Lands Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §19-b, Pub Lds L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S4868, A9285
2013-2014: S2676, A6015
2015-2016: S3009, A5447
2019-2020: S962, S7217, A5796
2021-2022: S378, A6782
2023-2024: S431, A2128
2025-2026: S1302, A4627

2017-S444A - Summary

Provides for the payment of state aid to the town of Ashford, in the county of Cattaraugus, for state lands in such town.

2017-S444A - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S444A                 REVISED MEMO 06/14/17

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the public lands law, in relation to
the payment of state aid on account of certain state lands in the town
of Ashford, in the county of Cattaraugus

 PURPOSE :

The purpose of this bill is to provide for the payment of State aid to
the Town of Ashford, in the County of Cattaraugus, and the special
districts therein for state lands in such town.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 of this bill amends section 19-b of the Public Lands Law to
provide for the payment of State aid on State lands under the
jurisdiction of the state or any agency thereof, located in the Town
of Ashford, Cattaraugus County. The amount of State aid would be
determined by applying the annual tax rates(s) for such town to the
assessed value of the lands, exclusive of improvements, as entered on
the last assessment roll finally completed in the year the land was
acquired by the state, adjusted for any change in the level of
assessment, but not less than the assessment roll completed in
nineteen hundred eighty.

Section 2 requires that this act shall take effect immediately, and

the first payment of state aid shall be based upon the assessment
rolls completed in 2017.

 EXISTING LAW :

Section 19-b of the Public Lands Law currently provides for the
payment of State aid for the West Valley Nuclear sight based on tax
rolls from 1980. In addition, Sections 532, 534, and 536 of the Real
Property and Tax Law make certain State lands (not including the Town
of Ashford) taxable for some or all local government purposes.

 JUSTIFICATION :  The lands that would be the subject of State aid
payments were used by the state for the West Valley Demonstration
project. Despite accounting for 87% of the taxable land in the Town of
Ashford, the state aid payments, which are based on a 1980 assessment,
have not increased in over 25 years. The loss of revenue to the town
due to the exempt properties have become unbearable for the taxpayers
in the town. The town is even more limited now in its capacity to
raise revenue due to the property tax cap enacted in 2011.

Because a significant amount of the acreage in the Town is tax-exempt
State property, the Town finds itself in a fiscally challenged
position with a constrained and overburdened tax base. This bill would
help alleviate this situation by providing yearly State aid payments
to the Town of Ashford, to offset the loss of tax revenue.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2015,2016: S.3009-A/A.5447-A Referred to Investigations and Government
Operations
2013,2014: S.2676-A/A.6015-A Referred to Investigations and Government
Operations
2011,2012: S.4868/A.9285 Referred to Investigations and Government
Operations

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

Minimal to the state.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately and the first payment of State
aid shall be based upon assessment rolls completed in 2017.

2017-S444A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  444--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  YOUNG  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment  Operations  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,   ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public lands law, in relation to the payment of
   state aid on account of certain state lands in the town of Ashford, in
   the county of Cattaraugus
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivisions  1 and 2 of section 19-b of the public lands
 law, subdivision 1 as added by chapter 260  of  the  laws  of  1980  and
 subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 373 of the laws of 1981, are amended
 to read as follows:
   1.  State aid shall be payable to any municipal corporation or special
 district as such terms are defined by section one  hundred  two  of  the
 real  property  tax law and hereinafter collectively referred to in this
 section as "taxing authority", when on any assessment roll  the  taxable
 assessed  valuation in such taxing authority is decreased in any year by
 reason of the transfer of title or possession of  land  or  improvements
 thereon  (A)  to  the  state  or  an agency of the state located at West
 Valley, Cattaraugus county and theretofore utilized by  the  corporation
 known  as  "Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc."; OR (B) TO THE STATE LOCATED IN
 THE TOWN OF ASHFORD, IN  THE  COUNTY  OF  CATTARAUGUS,  AND  THERETOFORE
 SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE OR ANY AGENCY THEREOF.
   2.  The  state  aid  payable  to  a  taxing authority pursuant to this
 section shall be computed and paid during the first fiscal year  of  any
 such  taxing  authority  commencing  on or after January first, nineteen
 hundred eighty-one, and during each fiscal year thereafter.  Such  state
 aid  shall  in each year be equal to the amount of taxes levied or which
 would have been levied by or in behalf of the taxing  authority  against
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05893-02-7

 S. 444--A                           2
 
 such  lands  and  the  improvements  thereon on the last assessment roll
 finally completed in THE YEAR THAT THE LAND WAS ACQUIRED BY  THE  STATE,
 ADJUSTED  FOR ANY CHANGE IN ASSESSMENT, BUT NOT LESS THAN THE ASSESSMENT
 ROLL COMPLETED IN nineteen hundred eighty.
   §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately and the first payment of
 state aid shall be based upon assessment rolls completed in 2017.

2017-S444B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4992
Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Public Lands Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §19-b, Pub Lds L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S4868, A9285
2013-2014: S2676, A6015
2015-2016: S3009, A5447
2019-2020: S962, S7217, A5796
2021-2022: S378, A6782
2023-2024: S431, A2128
2025-2026: S1302, A4627

2017-S444B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the payment of state aid to the town of Ashford, in the county of Cattaraugus, for state lands in such town.

2017-S444B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S444B                 Revised 06/21/18

SPONSOR: YOUNG
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public lands law, in relation to the payment of
state aid on account of certain state lands in the town of Ashford, in
the county of Cattaraugus

 
PURPOSE:

The purpose of this bill is to provide for the payment of State aid to
the Town of Ashford, in the County of Cattaraugus, and the special
districts therein for state lands in such town.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of this bill amends section 19-b of the Public Lands Law to
provide for the payment of State aid on State lands under the jurisdic-
tion of the state or any agency thereof, located in the Town of Ashford,
Cattaraugus County. The amount of State aid would be determined by

applying the annual tax rates(s) for such town to the assessed value of
the lands, exclusive of improvements, as entered on the last assessment
roll finally completed in the year the land was acquired by the state,
adjusted for any change in the level of assessment, but not less than
the assessment roll completed in nineteen hundred eighty.

Section 2 requires that this act shall take effect immediately, and the
first payment of state aid shall be based upon the assessment rolls
completed in 2018.

 
EXISTING LAW:

Section 19-b of the Public Lands Law currently provides for the payment
of State aid for the West Valley Nuclear sight based on tax rolls from
1980. In addition, Sections 532, 534, and 536 of the Real Property and
Tax Law make certain State lands (not including the Town of Ashford)
taxable for some or all local government purposes.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The lands that would be the subject of State aid payments were used by
the state for the West Valley Demonstration project. Despite accounting
for 87% of the taxable land in the Town of Ashford, the state aid
payments, which are based on a 1980 assessment, have not increased since
1996. The loss of revenue to the town due to the exempt properties have
become unbearable for the taxpayers in the town. The town is even more
limited now in its capacity to raise revenue due to the property tax cap
enacted in 2011.

Because a significant amount of the acreage in the Town is tax-exempt
State property, the Town finds itself in a fiscally challenged position
with a constrained and overburdened tax base. This bill would help alle-
viate this situation by providing yearly State aid payments to the Town
of Ashford, to offset the loss of tax revenue.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2017: S.444-A/A.4992-A Referred to Investigations and Government
2015,2016: S.3009-A/A.5447-A Referred to Investigations and Government
Operations
2013,2014: S.2676-A/A.6015-A Referred to Investigations and Government
Operations
2011,2012: S.4868/A.9285 Referred to Investigations and Government Oper-
ations

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Minimal to the state.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately and the first payment of State
aid shall be based upon assessment rolls completed in 2018.

2017-S444B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  444--B
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  YOUNG  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment  Operations  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,   ordered
   reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted
   to the  Committee  on  Investigations  and  Government  Operations  in
   accordance  with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said
   committee and committed to  the  Committee  on  Finance  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public lands law, in relation to the payment of
   state aid on account of certain state lands in the town of Ashford, in
   the county of Cattaraugus
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivisions  1 and 2 of section 19-b of the public lands
 law, subdivision 1 as added by chapter 260  of  the  laws  of  1980  and
 subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 373 of the laws of 1981, are amended
 to read as follows:
   1.  State aid shall be payable to any municipal corporation or special
 district as such terms are defined by section one  hundred  two  of  the
 real  property  tax law and hereinafter collectively referred to in this
 section as "taxing authority", when on any assessment roll  the  taxable
 assessed  valuation in such taxing authority is decreased in any year by
 reason of the transfer of title or possession of  land  or  improvements
 thereon  (A)  to  the  state  or  an agency of the state located at West
 Valley, Cattaraugus county and theretofore utilized by  the  corporation
 known  as  "Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc."; OR (B) TO THE STATE LOCATED IN
 THE TOWN OF ASHFORD, IN  THE  COUNTY  OF  CATTARAUGUS,  AND  THERETOFORE
 SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE OR ANY AGENCY THEREOF.

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

                                                            LBD05893-04-8

 S. 444--B                           2
 
   2.  The  state  aid  payable  to  a  taxing authority pursuant to this
 section shall be computed and paid during the first fiscal year  of  any
 such  taxing  authority  commencing  on or after January first, nineteen
 hundred eighty-one, and during each fiscal year thereafter.  Such  state
 aid  shall  in each year be equal to the amount of taxes levied or which
 would have been levied by or in behalf of the taxing  authority  against
 such  lands  and  the  improvements  thereon on the last assessment roll
 finally completed in THE YEAR THAT THE LAND WAS ACQUIRED BY  THE  STATE,
 ADJUSTED  FOR ANY CHANGE IN ASSESSMENT, BUT NOT LESS THAN THE ASSESSMENT
 ROLL COMPLETED IN nineteen hundred eighty.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and the first  payment  of
 state aid shall be based upon assessment rolls completed in 2018.

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