Assembly Bill A10759

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to community preservation funds for the town of Chester

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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-A10759 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8649
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
Town Law
Laws Affected:
Add §64-k, Town L; add Art 31-A-4 §§1439-aaa - 1439-ppp, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A5585
2023-2024: A5211

2019-A10759 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the town of Chester to establish community preservation funds; establishes a real estate transfer tax with revenues therefrom to be deposited in said community preservation fund.

2019-A10759 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10759
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 9, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Schmitt) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation to  authorizing  the  town  of
   Chester,  county  of Orange to establish community preservation funds;
   to amend the tax law, in relation to authorizing the town  of  Chester
   to  impose  a  real  estate transfer tax with revenues therefrom to be
   deposited in said community preservation fund; and providing  for  the
   repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The town law is amended by adding a  new  section  64-k  to
 read as follows:
   §  64-K.  TOWN  OF  CHESTER  PRESERVATION  FUNDS.  1.  AS USED IN THIS
 SECTION, THE FOLLOWING WORDS AND TERMS SHALL HAVE  THE  FOLLOWING  MEAN-
 INGS:
   (A) "TOWN" MEANS THE TOWN OF CHESTER.
   (B)  "COMMUNITY  PRESERVATION"  SHALL  MEAN  AND  INCLUDE  ANY  OF THE
 PURPOSES OUTLINED IN SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS SECTION.
   (C) "BOARD" MEANS THE ADVISORY BOARD REQUIRED PURSUANT TO  SUBDIVISION
 SIX OF THIS SECTION.
   (D)  "FUND"  MEANS THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION FUND CREATED PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
   (E) "TAX" SHALL MEAN THE REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAX IMPOSED PURSUANT  TO
 SECTION  FOURTEEN  HUNDRED  THIRTY-NINE-BBB  OF  THE  TAX LAW OR, IF THE
 CONTEXT CLEARLY INDICATES, SHALL  MEAN  THE  REAL  ESTATE  TRANSFER  TAX
 IMPOSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE THIRTY-ONE OF THE TAX LAW.
   2. THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF CHESTER IS AUTHORIZED TO ESTABLISH BY
 LOCAL  LAW  A  COMMUNITY PRESERVATION FUND PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
 THIS SECTION. DEPOSITS INTO THE FUND MAY INCLUDE REVENUES OF  THE  LOCAL
 GOVERNMENT  FROM  WHATEVER  SOURCE  AND SHALL INCLUDE, AT A MINIMUM, ALL
 REVENUES FROM A TAX IMPOSED UPON THE TRANSFER OF REAL PROPERTY INTERESTS
 IN SUCH TOWN PURSUANT TO ARTICLE THIRTY-ONE-A-FOUR OF THE TAX  LAW.  THE
 FUND  SHALL  ALSO BE AUTHORIZED TO ACCEPT GIFTS OF ANY SUCH INTERESTS IN
 LAND OR OF FUNDS. INTEREST ACCRUED BY MONIES  DEPOSITED  INTO  THE  FUND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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