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Assembly Bill A4923

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to privately owned water-works corporations

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2021-A4923 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Real Property Taxation
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §485-d, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A8790
2019-2020: A4111

2021-A4923 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that real property owned by private water-works corporations shall be wholly or partially exempt from taxation.

2021-A4923 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4923
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 9, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. MONTESANO, J. M. GIGLIO, McDONOUGH, RA, LAVINE --
   Multi-Sponsored  by  -- M. of A. BLANKENBUSH -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Real Property Taxation
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property tax  law,  in  relation  to  privately
   owned water-works corporations

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 485-d of the real property tax  law,  as  added  by
 chapter 726 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
   § 485-d. Water-works corporations. 1. Real property situated in a city
 with  a  population of one million or more owned by a water-works corpo-
 ration subject to the provisions of the  public  service  law  and  used
 exclusively  for  the  sale,  furnishing  and  distribution of water for
 domestic, commercial and public purposes, shall be wholly  or  partially
 exempt  from  taxation  provided that the local legislative body of such
 city within which such property  is  situated  adopts  a  local  law  so
 providing.
   2. REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY A PRIVATE WATER-WORKS CORPORATION SUBJECT TO
 THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THE PUBLIC SERVICE LAW AND USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE
 SALE, FURNISHING AND DISTRIBUTION OF WATER FOR DOMESTIC, COMMERCIAL  AND
 PUBLIC  PURPOSES,  SHALL  BE  WHOLLY  OR  PARTIALLY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION
 PROVIDED THAT THE LOCAL LEGISLATIVE BODY OF  SUCH  CITY,  COUNTY,  TOWN,
 VILLAGE OR SCHOOL DISTRICT WITHIN WHICH SUCH PROPERTY IS SITUATED ADOPTS
 A LOCAL LAW SO PROVIDING.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08494-01-1

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