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Assembly Bill A8401

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Subjects certain state lands to real property taxation

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2025-A8401 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6251
Current Committee:
Assembly Real Property Taxation
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §534, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A7957, S6268
2019-2020: A8018, S1677
2021-2022: A214, S1791
2023-2024: A2713, S1882

2025-A8401 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Subjects certain state lands to real property taxation within Orange county.

2025-A8401 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8401
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 13, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WILLIAMS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Real Property Taxation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the real property tax law, in relation to subjecting
   certain state lands to real property taxation
 
   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 534 of the
 real  property tax law, the section heading as amended by chapter 736 of
 the laws of 1962 and subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 351 of the laws
 of 1977, are amended to read as follows:
   Certain state lands  subject  to  taxation  for  all  purposes  except
 CERTAIN  county  purposes.  1.  Lands  owned  by  the state acquired for
 reforestation purposes pursuant to section 9-0501 of  the  environmental
 conservation  law  shall  be subject to taxation for all purposes except
 county purposes FOR ALL COUNTIES OTHER THAN ORANGE COUNTY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04778-01-5

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