STATE OF NEW YORK
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1339
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 11, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. PALUMBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of 2022 relating to repealing
sections 2, 3, 4 and 5 of chapter 330 of the laws of 2011 amending the
town law relating to payments of certain school, fire, fire
protection, and ambulance districts for the lands exempt from real
property taxation for purposes which implement the Peconic Bay commu-
nity preservation fund, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.
8025 and A. 9158, in relation to assessment of certain land parcels
for the purposes of determining payments to eligible school, fire,
fire protection, and ambulance districts
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 3 of a chapter of the laws of 2022 relating to
2 repealing sections 2, 3, 4 and 5 of chapter 330 of the laws of 2011
3 amending the town law relating to payments of certain school, fire, fire
4 protection, and ambulance districts for the lands exempt from real prop-
5 erty taxation for purposes which implement the Peconic Bay community
6 preservation fund, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 8025 and
7 A. 9158, is amended to read as follows:
8 § 3. Such payments made by a town pursuant to this act shall only be
9 made for lands within such districts which are wholly exempt from real
10 property taxation pursuant to the real property tax law that have been
11 acquired by the federal government, state government, or a municipal
12 corporation for community preservation purposes pursuant to section 64-e
13 of the town law, whether or not said lands were actually acquired with
14 community preservation funds. For the purposes of determining the
15 payment to each eligible district, each eligible parcel shall be
16 assessed as provided for in the real property tax law. [Such assessments
17 shall be approved by commissioner of taxation and finance in the same
18 manner as state lands, as provided for in subdivision 3 of section 542
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 of the real property tax law.] Such eligible parcels shall be reassessed
2 annually. The town shall apply each eligible district's tax rate to
3 determine the maximum payment for each eligible parcel in that district
4 for each year.
5 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
6 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2022 relating to repealing sections
7 2, 3, 4 and 5 of chapter 330 of the laws of 2011 amending the town law
8 relating to payments of certain school, fire, fire protection, and ambu-
9 lance districts for the lands exempt from real property taxation for
10 purposes which implement the Peconic Bay community preservation fund, as
11 proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 8025 and A. 9158, takes effect.