Senate Bill S1668

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to community preservation funds for the town of Blooming Grove

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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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2021-S1668 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
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 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S5644

2021-S1668 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2021-S1668 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S1668 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1668
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 14, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation to  authorizing  the  town  of
   Blooming  Grove,  county of Orange to establish community preservation
   funds; to amend the tax law, in relation to authorizing  the  town  of
   Blooming  Grove  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 BLOOMING GROVE 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 BLOOMING GROVE.
   (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 BLOOMING GROVE 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 PROP-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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