Senate Bill S5755

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to agricultural districts and assessments

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S5755 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§301 & 305, Ag & Mkts L; amd §§483 & 730, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S8171
2021-2022: S6718

2019-S5755 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to agricultural districts and assessments; authorizes farms to challenge the denial of an agricultural value assessment through the small claims assessment review process.

2019-S5755 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S5755 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5755
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. METZGER -- (at request of the Department of Agricul-
   ture and Markets) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when  printed
   to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture
 
 AN  ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to certain
   definitions and agricultural districts and assessments; and  to  amend
   the  real  property  tax  law,  in  relation to the farm buildings tax
   exemption and authorizing farms to challenge the denial of an agricul-
   tural value assessment through  the  small  claims  assessment  review
   (SCAR) process
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 301 of the agriculture and markets
 law, as amended by chapter 445 of the laws of 2002,  the  opening  para-
 graph  as  amended  by chapter 344 of the laws of 2012, paragraph a-1 as
 added by chapter 611 of the laws of 2008,  paragraph  c  as  amended  by
 chapter 47 of the laws of 2011, paragraph h as amended by chapter 587 of
 the  laws  of  2005,  paragraph i as added by chapter 252 of the laws of
 2004, paragraph j as added by chapter 256 of the laws of 2006, paragraph
 k as added by chapter 341 of the laws of 2008, paragraph l as  added  by
 chapter  384 of the laws of 2011, paragraph m as added by chapter 547 of
 the laws of 2014 and paragraph n as added by chapter 192 of the laws  of
 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  "Land  used in agricultural production" means [not less than seven
 acres of] land used as a single operation [in the preceding  two  years]
 for  the  production  for sale of crops, livestock or livestock products
 [of an average] WITH ANNUAL gross sales [value] of ten thousand  dollars
 or  more;  or,  not less than seven acres of land used [in the preceding
 two years] to support a commercial horse boarding operation or a commer-
 cial equine operation with annual gross receipts of ten thousand dollars
 or more. [Land used in agricultural production shall not include land or
 portions thereof used for processing or  retail  merchandising  of  such

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

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