Bill Text: NY A10011 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Determines town populations according to the two thousand decennial federal census.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-06 - referred to real property taxation [A10011 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A10011-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10011 I N A S S E M B L Y June 6, 2014 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Ryan) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Real Property Taxation AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to conservation easement agreement exemptions for certain towns THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 and paragraphs (a) and (d) of subdivision 3 2 of section 491 of the real property tax law, as added by chapter 296 of 3 the laws of 2009, are amended to read as follows: 4 1. Applicability. A town having a population of not less than [twen- 5 ty-seven] TWENTY-NINE thousand [six hundred] and not more than [twenty- 6 seven] THIRTY thousand [seven hundred] that is located in a county 7 having a population of not less than nine hundred [fifty] NINETEEN thou- 8 sand and not more than nine hundred [fifty-one] TWENTY thousand, based 9 upon the latest decennial federal census, is hereby authorized to adopt 10 a local law to provide that real property whose interests or rights have 11 been acquired for the purpose of the preservation of an open space or an 12 open area, as authorized in section two hundred forty-seven of the 13 general municipal law, may be partially exempt from local real property 14 taxation, provided that the owner or owners of such real property enter 15 into a conservation easement agreement with the municipality in accord- 16 ance with the procedures specified in subdivision three of this section. 17 A county having a population of not less than nine hundred [fifty] NINE- 18 TEEN thousand and not more than nine hundred [fifty-one] TWENTY thou- 19 sand, based upon the latest decennial federal census may, by local law, 20 and any school district, all or part of which is located in a town 21 having a population of not less than [twenty-seven] TWENTY-NINE thousand 22 [six hundred] and not more than [twenty-seven] THIRTY thousand [seven 23 hundred] that is located in a county having a population of not less 24 than nine hundred [fifty] NINETEEN thousand and not more than nine 25 hundred [fifty-one] TWENTY thousand, may, by resolution, exempt such 26 property from its taxation in the same manner and to the same extent as 27 such town has done. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15380-05-4 A. 10011 2 1 (a) Any owner or owners of land may submit a proposal to the town 2 board of a town having a population of not less than [twenty-seven] 3 TWENTY-NINE thousand [six hundred] and not more than [twenty-seven] 4 THIRTY thousand [seven hundred] that is located in a county having a 5 population of not less than nine hundred [fifty] NINETEEN thousand and 6 not more than nine hundred [fifty-one] TWENTY thousand, based upon the 7 latest decennial federal census, for the granting of interest or rights 8 in real property for the preservation of open space or areas. Such 9 proposal shall be submitted in such a manner and form as may be 10 prescribed by the conservation board of such town. 11 (d) The town board, after receiving the reports of the conservation 12 board of a town having a population of not less than [twenty-seven] 13 TWENTY-NINE thousand [six hundred] and not more than [twenty-seven] 14 THIRTY thousand [seven hundred] that is located in a county having a 15 population of not less than nine hundred [fifty] NINETEEN thousand and 16 not more than nine hundred [fifty-one] TWENTY thousand, based upon the 17 latest decennial federal census, and after such public hearing, may 18 adopt the proposal or any modification thereof it deems appropriate or 19 may reject it in its entirety. 20 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.