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Assembly Bill A6402

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Prohibits certain levies, charges, taxes or assessments on any property which uses private well water or a septic system where a municipal or joint water or sewer district is exists or is established

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2023-A6402 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §120-dd, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A6126

2023-A6402 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits a city, town, village or of a joint water district from imposing certain levies, charges, taxes or assessments on a property which uses private well water for its water supply; prohibits a city, town or village from imposing certain levies, charges, taxes or assessments on a property which uses a septic system for treatment of waste water.

2023-A6402 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6402
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 6, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LEMONDES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Local Governments
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the general municipal law, in relation to prohibiting
   levies, charges, taxes or  assessments  on  any  property  which  uses
   private well water or a septic system where a municipal or joint water
   or sewer district exists or is established
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general municipal  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 120-dd to read as follows:
   §  120-DD.  PROHIBITION AGAINST TAXES ON CERTAIN PROPERTY IN MUNICIPAL
 WATER DISTRICTS.  1. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF OR EXISTENCE  OF  A  MUNICIPAL
 WATER  DISTRICT  IN  A  CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE OR OF A JOINT WATER DISTRICT
 SHALL NOT RESULT IN ANY LEVY, CHARGE, TAX OR ASSESSMENT ON ANY  PROPERTY
 WHICH USES PRIVATE WELL WATER AS ITS WATER SUPPLY.
   2.  THE ESTABLISHMENT OF OR EXISTENCE OF A MUNICIPAL SEWER DISTRICT IN
 A CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE OR OF A JOINT SEWER DISTRICT SHALL NOT  RESULT  IN
 ANY  LEVY, CHARGE, TAX OR ASSESSMENT ON ANY PROPERTY WHICH USES A SEPTIC
 SYSTEM FOR THE TREATMENT OF WASTEWATER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01214-02-3

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