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Assembly Bill A1938

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Includes the county of Orange within the definition of a designated community

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2025-A1938 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6-s, Gen Muni L; amd §1560, Tax L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A10426

2025-A1938 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes the county of Orange within the definition of a designated community for purposes of community preservation funds.

2025-A1938 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1938
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. MAHER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law and the tax law,  in  relation
   to  including  Orange county as a designated community for purposes of
   community preservation funds

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 6-s of the gener-
 al  municipal  law,  as   amended by chapter 608 of the laws of 2019, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (d) "Designated community" means any town or city  within  the  Hudson
 Valley counties of ORANGE, Putnam, Ulster, or Westchester.
   §  2.  Subdivision  11  of  section 1560 of the tax law, as amended by
 chapter 608 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   11. "Designated community" means any town or city  within  the  Hudson
 Valley counties of ORANGE, Putnam, Ulster, or Westchester.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04980-01-5

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