Senate Bill S6251

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Subjects certain state lands to real property taxation

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-S6251 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8401
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §534, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S6268, A7957
2019-2020: S1677, A8018
2021-2022: S1791, A214
2023-2024: S1882, A2713

2025-S6251 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2025-S6251 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S6251 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6251
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 7, 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 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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