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Senate Bill S4813

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to payments for certain school, fire, fire protection and ambulance districts for lands exempt from real property taxation

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2017-S4813 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6299
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Suffolk County
Laws Affected:
Amd §2, Chap 330 of 2011
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S7769, A10142

2017-S4813 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to payments for certain school, fire, fire protection and ambulance districts for lands exempt from real property taxation and exempts such payments from the tax levy for the purposes of calculating the tax levy limit pursuant to section 3-c of the general municipal law and section 2023-a of the education law.

2017-S4813 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4813 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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     S. 4813                                                  A. 6299
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 2, 2017
                                ___________
 
 IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Govern-
   ment
 
 IN  ASSEMBLY  -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Local Governments

 AN ACT to amend chapter 330 of the laws of 2011 amending  the  town  law
   relating  to  payments  for certain school, fire, fire protection, and
   ambulance districts for lands exempt from real property  taxation  for
   purposes  which implement the Peconic Bay community preservation fund,
   in relation to such payments
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 2 of chapter 330 of the laws of 2011 amending the
 town law relating to payments for certain school, fire, fire protection,
 and ambulance districts for lands exempt from real property taxation for
 purposes which implement the Peconic Bay community preservation fund, as
 amended by chapter 396 of the laws  of  2015,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   § 2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the town of
 Southampton  may  make  annual  payments from its community preservation
 fund to certain high-tax school, fire, fire  protection,  and  ambulance
 districts,  as  specified  in  this  section,  located  either wholly or
 partially within the  Long  Island  Pine  Barrens  maritime  reserve  as
 defined in subdivision 2 of section 57-0107 of the environmental conser-
 vation  law.    Such  payments may be made to mitigate the impact of the
 lost tax revenues from lands made wholly exempt as  a  result  of  their
 acquisition by the federal, state, or local government for the preserva-
 tion  of community character as defined in subdivision 4 of section 64-e
 of the town law. The following districts shall  be  eligible:  Riverhead
 central  school district, Hampton Bays union free school district, East-

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

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