Bill Text: NY A05442 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Creates a Staten Island landmark commission to evaluate applications and grant real property tax credits for certain structures deemed of significant architectural or community value.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-06 - held for consideration in tourism, parks, arts and sports development [A05442 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A05442-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5442 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 27, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BORELLI -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development AN ACT in relation to creating a special landmark commission in Staten Island to grant tax credits for the preservation of certain historic structures THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. 1. There is hereby created a special landmark commission in 2 the borough of Staten Island to review and evaluate applications for 3 real property tax credits for the preservation of residential and 4 commercial structures deemed to be of sufficient architectural or commu- 5 nity value. Such structures need not qualify as historic structures, but 6 shall be evaluated by the commission to determine their significance to 7 the community. The commission shall promulgate rules for the application 8 and granting of tax credits and shall determine the amount of such cred- 9 it. 10 2. The landmark commission shall consist of the borough president of 11 Staten Island and the members of the city council. The chair of the 12 community board in whose community the property is located shall be 13 invited to serve on the commission to evaluate applications for property 14 in such community. 15 3. The commission shall develop and distribute or make available 16 application request forms. 17 4. A majority vote of the entire commission shall be required to grant 18 a credit. 19 S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- 20 ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07071-01-3