NY State Senate Bill 2021-S3256

Senate Bill S3256

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring notice and confirmation of such notice by affected local taxing jurisdictions and school districts prior to approval of projects by industrial development agencies

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 17, 2022	returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.255 substituted for a10056
Mar 15, 2022	referred to local governments delivered to assembly passed senate
Mar 09, 2022	advanced to third reading
Mar 08, 2022	2nd report cal.
Mar 07, 2022	1st report cal.644
Jan 05, 2022	referred to local government returned to senate died in assembly
Jun 03, 2021	referred to local governments delivered to assembly passed senate
May 12, 2021	advanced to third reading
May 11, 2021	2nd report cal.
May 10, 2021	1st report cal.943
Jan 28, 2021	referred to local government

Votes

- Mar 15, 2022 - Floor Vote
  S3256
  
  54
  
  Aye
  
  9
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Mar 15, 2022
      
      aye (54)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Bailey
      
      Biaggi
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brooks
      
      Brouk
      
      Cleare
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Felder
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jordan
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mannion
      
      Martucci
      
      Mattera
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Myrie
      
      Palumbo
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Reichlin-Melnick
      
      Rivera
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      Weik
      
      nay (9)
      
      Akshar
      
      Borrello
      
      Griffo
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Ortt
      
      Rath III
      
      Ritchie
      
      Serino
  Jun 3, 2021 - Floor Vote
  S3256
  
  53
  
  Aye
  
  10
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 3, 2021
      
      aye (53)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brooks
      
      Brouk
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Felder
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mannion
      
      Martucci
      
      Mattera
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Myrie
      
      Palumbo
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Reichlin-Melnick
      
      Rivera
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      Weik
      
      nay (10)
      
      Akshar
      
      Borrello
      
      Griffo
      
      Jordan
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Ortt
      
      Rath III
      
      Ritchie
      
      Serino
  Mar 7, 2022 - Local Government Committee Vote
  S3256
  
  5
  
  Aye
  
  1
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Local Government Committee Vote: Mar 7, 2022
      
      aye (5)
      
      Brooks
      
      Gaughran
      
      Hinchey
      
      Reichlin-Melnick
      
      Thomas
      
      nay (1)
      
      Borrello
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Rath III
  May 10, 2021 - Local Government Committee Vote
  S3256
  
  5
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  2
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Local Government Committee Vote: May 10, 2021
      
      aye (5)
      
      Brooks
      
      Gaughran
      
      Hinchey
      
      Reichlin-Melnick
      
      Thomas
      
      aye wr (2)
      
      Borrello
      
      Rath III

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2021-S3256 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10056
Law Section:: General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§859-a & 874, Gen Muni L; amd §§1953-a, 1963-a, 2307 & 2315, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S8956, A10373
2019-2020: S2769, S7831, A2947

2021-S3256 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring notice and confirmation of such notice by affected local taxing jurisdictions and school districts prior to approval of projects by industrial development agencies.

2021-S3256 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S3256

SPONSOR: COMRIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the general municipal law and the public authorities
law, in relation to requiring notice and confirmation of such notice by
affected local taxing jurisdictions and school districts prior to
approval of projects by industrial development agencies

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill would ensure that important notifications required by law to
be given by Industrial Development Agencies (IDAs) are received by
affected local taxing jurisdictions.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

This bill amends General Municipal Law and Public Authorities Law to
require IDAs to send notifications of proposed financial incentives for
a project and any reasons for deviation from their uniform tax exemption

policy to affected local taxing jurisdictions by certified mail, return
receipt requested. If the affected local taxing jurisdiction is a school
district, notifications are required to be sent to the school board and
district superintendent of the school district.

 
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE):

This amendment expands the notifications that would be required to be
sent by certified mail, return receipt requested and places these
requirements on the Troy and Auburn IDAs, which are separately author-
ized in Public Authorities Law.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Industrial Development Agencies (IDAs) deliver economic incentives to
business and industry, strengthen the local tax base and support local
job creation. In order to ensure this mission, IDAs must work coopera-
tively with local governments, economic development partners and school
districts. This bill will ensure coordination and transparency among
stakeholders without inhibiting economic growth or having a negative
impact on school district revenues or local taxpayers.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S 8956 COMRIE Same as A 10373-A Solages

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeeding the
date on which it shall have become a law.

2021-S3256 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3256
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 28, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law  and  the  public  authorities
   law,  in  relation to requiring notice and confirmation of such notice
   by affected local taxing jurisdictions and school districts  prior  to
   approval of projects by industrial development agencies
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 859-a of the general municipal law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
   1-A.  THE AGENCY SHALL DELIVER A COPY OF THE RESOLUTION ADOPTED PURSU-
 ANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION BY CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT
 REQUESTED, TO THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF EACH AFFECTED LOCAL  TAXING
 JURISDICTION.  WHEN  THE  AFFECTED LOCAL TAXING JURISDICTION IS A SCHOOL
 DISTRICT, THE AGENCY SHALL DELIVER A COPY OF SUCH RESOLUTION  BY  CERTI-
 FIED  MAIL,  RETURN  RECEIPT REQUESTED, TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND DISTRICT
 SUPERINTENDENT OF EACH AFFECTED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
   § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of  section  874  of  the  general
 municipal law, as amended by chapter 357 of the laws of 1993, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (b)  The  agency  shall  establish  a procedure for deviation from the
 uniform tax exemption policy required pursuant to this subdivision.  The
 agency  shall  set  forth in writing the reasons for deviation from such
 policy, and shall further  notify  BY  CERTIFIED  MAIL,  RETURN  RECEIPT
 REQUESTED, the affected local taxing jurisdictions of the proposed devi-
 ation  from  such  policy  and the reasons therefor.   WHEN THE AFFECTED
 LOCAL TAXING JURISDICTION IS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE AGENCY SHALL  NOTIFY
 BY  CERTIFIED  MAIL,  RETURN  RECEIPT  REQUESTED,  THE  SCHOOL BOARD AND
 DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT OF EACH AFFECTED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
   § 3. Section 1953-a of the public authorities law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD07753-01-1

 S. 3256                             2
 
   1-A. THE AUTHORITY SHALL DELIVER A  COPY  OF  THE  RESOLUTION  ADOPTED
 PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  ONE OF THIS SECTION BY CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN
 RECEIPT REQUESTED, TO THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF EACH  AFFECTED  TAX
 JURISDICTION.  WHEN  THE AFFECTED TAX JURISDICTION IS A SCHOOL DISTRICT,
 THE AUTHORITY SHALL DELIVER A COPY OF SUCH RESOLUTION BY CERTIFIED MAIL,
 RETURN  RECEIPT  REQUESTED, TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND DISTRICT SUPERINTEN-
 DENT OF EACH AFFECTED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
   § 4. Subdivision 2 of section 1963-a of the public authorities law, as
 amended by chapter 357 of the laws  of  1993,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2.  The  authority  shall establish a procedure for deviation from the
 uniform tax exemption policy required  pursuant  to  this  section.  The
 authority shall set forth in writing the reasons for deviation from such
 policy,  and  shall  further  notify  BY  CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT
 REQUESTED, the affected tax jurisdictions of the proposed deviation from
 such policy and the reasons therefor.  WHEN THE AFFECTED  TAX  JURISDIC-
 TION IS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE AUTHORITY SHALL NOTIFY BY CERTIFIED MAIL,
 RETURN  RECEIPT  REQUESTED, THE SCHOOL BOARD AND DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT
 OF EACH AFFECTED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
   § 5. Section 2307 of the public authorities law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
   1-A. THE AUTHORITY SHALL DELIVER A  COPY  OF  THE  RESOLUTION  ADOPTED
 PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  ONE OF THIS SECTION BY CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN
 RECEIPT REQUESTED, TO THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF EACH  AFFECTED  TAX
 JURISDICTION.  WHEN  THE AFFECTED TAX JURISDICTION IS A SCHOOL DISTRICT,
 THE AUTHORITY SHALL DELIVER A COPY OF SUCH RESOLUTION BY CERTIFIED MAIL,
 RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND  DISTRICT  SUPERINTEN-
 DENT OF EACH AFFECTED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
   §  6.  Subdivision 2 of section 2315 of the public authorities law, as
 amended by chapter 357 of the laws  of  1993,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2.  The  authority  shall establish a procedure for deviation from the
 uniform tax exemption policy required  pursuant  to  this  section.  The
 authority shall set forth in writing the reasons for deviation from such
 policy,  and  shall  further  notify  BY  CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT
 REQUESTED, the affected local taxing jurisdictions of the proposed devi-
 ation from such policy and the reasons therefor. WHEN THE  AFFECTED  TAX
 JURISDICTION  IS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE AUTHORITY SHALL NOTIFY BY CERTI-
 FIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT  REQUESTED,  THE  SCHOOL  BOARD  AND  DISTRICT
 SUPERINTENDENT OF EACH AFFECTED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
   §  7. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

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