Bill Text: NY A09194 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to payments to libraries where certain school districts levy taxes for such libraries, for lands exempt from the real property taxation for purposes which implement the Peconic Bay community preservation fund.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-03 - referred to local governments [A09194 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A09194-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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S. 6400 A. 9194
S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
February 3, 2012
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IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Govern-
ment
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Local Governments
AN ACT to amend chapter 330 of the laws of 2011 amending the town law,
relating to payments for certain school, fire, fire protection, and
ambulance districts for lands exempt from real property taxation for
purposes which implement the Peconic Bay community preservation fund,
and permitting the town of Southampton to make such payments in
certain cases, in relation to payments to libraries
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 330 of the laws of 2011, amending the
2 town law, relating to payments for certain school, fire, fire
3 protection, and ambulance districts for lands exempt from real property
4 taxation for purposes which implement the Peconic Bay community preser-
5 vation fund, and permitting the town of Southampton to make such
6 payments in certain cases, is amended to read as follows:
7 S 2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the town of
8 Southampton may make annual payments from its community preservation
9 fund to certain high-tax school, fire, fire protection, and ambulance
10 districts, as specified in this section, located either wholly or
11 partially within the central Pine Barrens area as defined in subdivision
12 10 of section 57-0107 of the environmental conservation law. Such
13 payments may be made to mitigate the impact of the lost tax revenues
14 from lands made wholly exempt as a result of their acquisition by the
15 federal, state, or local government for the preservation of community
16 character as defined in subdivision 4 of section 64-e of the town law.
17 The following districts shall be eligible: Riverhead central school
18 district, Hampton Bays union free school district, Eastport-South Manor
19 central school district, Riverhead fire district, Flanders fire
20 district, Flanders - Northampton ambulance district, and the North End
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14092-01-2
S. 6400 2 A. 9194
1 Quogue fire protection district. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A
2 PAYMENT SHALL ALSO BE MADE TO A LIBRARY WHERE AN ELIGIBLE SCHOOL
3 DISTRICT LEVIES TAXES ON BEHALF OF SUCH LIBRARY.
4 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the amend-
5 ments to section 2 of chapter 330 of the laws of 2011, made by section
6 one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be
7 deemed to be repealed therewith.
