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Senate Bill S3027

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to referrals of certain annexation petitions

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2025-S3027 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§239-m & 711, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S1657
2021-2022: S1651
2023-2024: S1126

2025-S3027 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires county planning departments to review specific annexation petitions.

2025-S3027 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S3027 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3027
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 23, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to  referrals  of
   certain annexation petitions
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The section heading of section 239-m of the general munici-
 pal law, as amended by chapter 459 of the  laws  of  1997,  is  amended,
 subparagraph  (vi)  of  paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  3 is renumbered
 subparagraph (vii) and a new subparagraph  (vi)  is  added  to  read  as
 follows:
   Referral  of  certain  proposed  city,  town  and village planning and
 zoning actions AND REFERRAL OF AND RECOMMENDATION ON CERTAIN  ANNEXATION
 PETITIONS  to  the  county planning agency or regional planning council;
 report thereon; final action.
   (VI) ANNEXATION THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY REQUIRE COUNTY OR COUNTY AGENCY
 APPROVAL (I) TO PROVIDE WATER  OR  SEWER  SERVICE  IN  THE  AREA  TO  BE
 ANNEXED, OR (II) FOR THE ANNEXING MUNICIPALITY TO PROVIDE WATER OR SEWER
 SERVICE IN THE AREA TO BE ANNEXED;
   §  2.  Subdivision  1  of  section 711 of the general municipal law is
 amended by adding a new closing paragraph to read as follows:
   PROVIDED, HOWEVER, IN THE EVENT THAT THE PETITION TO INITIATE  ANNEXA-
 TION  IS  SUBJECT  TO  REFERRAL TO AND RECOMMENDATION BY RELEVANT COUNTY
 PLANNING AGENCY OR REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  TWO
 HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE-M OF THIS CHAPTER, THE GOVERNING BOARDS OF THE MUNI-
 CIPALITIES  AFFECTED  BY  SUCH ANNEXATION SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL REQUIRE-
 MENTS OF SUCH SECTION PRIOR TO MAKING A FINAL DETERMINATION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall  apply  to  any
 annexation  petition  for  which  a  final determination by the affected
 governing boards as required by section 711 of the general municipal law
 has not yet been determined.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04835-01-5

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