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Senate Bill S5370
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 51st Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP, RFM) Senate District
2021-S5370 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Local Government
- Law Section:
- Real Property Tax Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §480-a, RPT L
- Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
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S4082
2021-S5370 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5370 SPONSOR: OBERACKER TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the real property tax law, in relation to eligibility of privately owned forest land for a real property tax exemption PURPOSE: To expand the eligibility of privately owned forest land for a partial real property tax exemption. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one: Paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of Section 480-a of the Real Property Tax Law, as amended by Chapter 428 of the Laws of 1987, is amended to change the number of acres required from fifty contiguous acres to twenty-five contiguous acres. In addition, the bill adds timber, pulp, biomass, low-grade wood products, wildlife, fruits or mushrooms to the definition of "eligible tract" in terms of excluding
2021-S5370 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5370 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 3, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. OBERACKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to eligibility of privately owned forest land for a real property tax exemption THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of section 480-a of the real property tax law, as amended by chapter 428 of the laws of 1987, is amended to read as follows: (e) "Eligible tract" shall mean a tract of privately owned forest land of at least [fifty] TWENTY-FIVE contiguous acres, exclusive of any portion thereof not devoted to the production of forest crops, TIMBER, PULP, BIOMASS, LOW-GRADE WOOD PRODUCTS, WILDLIFE, FRUITS OR MUSHROOMS. Lands divided by federal, state, county or town roads, easements or rights-of-way, or energy transmission corridors or similar facilities will be considered contiguous for purposes of this section, unless vehicular access for forest management purposes is precluded. Lands from which a merchantable forest crop has been cut or removed within three years prior to the time of application for certification under this section will be ineligible unless such cutting or removal was accom- plished under a forest management [program] PLAN designed to provide for the continuing production of merchantable forest crops. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10092-01-1
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