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Senate Bill S421

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to exemptions for potato storage and potato shipping facilities

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2023-S421 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §483-a, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S5861
2021-2022: S2642

2023-S421 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts potato storage and potato shipping facilities permanently affixed to agricultural lands from taxation, special ad valorem levies and special assessments.

2023-S421 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S421 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    421
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. BORRELLO -- 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 exemptions for
   potato storage and potato shipping facilities

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The section heading and subdivision 1 of section 483-a of
 the real property tax law, the section heading as amended by chapter 449
 of the laws of 1995 and subdivision 1 as amended by section 1 of part  P
 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2016, are amended to read as follows:
   Farm  silos,  farm feed grain storage bins, commodity sheds, bulk milk
 tanks and coolers, [and] manure storage and handling facilities;  POTATO
 STORAGE  AND  POTATO  SHIPPING FACILITIES.   1. The following structures
 permanently affixed to agricultural land shall be exempt from  taxation,
 special  ad  valorem  levies and special assessments: (a) structures for
 the purpose of preserving and storing forage in  edible  condition;  (b)
 farm  feed  grain storage bins; (c) commodity sheds; (d) bulk milk tanks
 and coolers used to hold milk awaiting shipment  to  market;  [and]  (e)
 manure  storage, handling and treatment facilities, including composting
 of agricultural materials, such as livestock manure and farming  wastes,
 food  residuals  or other organic wastes associated with food production
 or consumption with at least fifty percent by weight of its feedstock on
 an annual basis being livestock manure, farming wastes and  crops  grown
 specifically for use as composting feedstock; AND (F) POTATO STORAGE AND
 POTATO  SHIPPING  FACILITIES.  "Food  residuals" means organic material,
 including, but not limited to, food scraps, food processing residue, and
 related soiled or unrecyclable paper used in food packaging, preparation
 or cleanup.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00109-01-3

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