Bill Text: NY S01491 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes a procedure whereby the chief executive officer of a municipal corporation in which there is located privately owned forest lands which are exempt from real property taxes to make application to the state for reimbursement for revenues lost as a result of such exemption.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-11 - PRINT NUMBER 1491A [S01491 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S01491-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1491 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 7, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LITTLE -- 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 the assessment of private forest lands and to provide state assistance to municipal corporations relating thereto THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 480 of the real property tax law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 10 to read as follows: 3 10. (A) THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION IN 4 WHICH THERE ARE PRIVATELY OWNED FOREST LANDS WHICH ARE ASSESSED IN 5 ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION MAY 6 MAKE APPLICATION FOR STATE ASSISTANCE AS PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION. 7 (B) APPLICATION FOR STATE ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION 8 SHALL BE MADE ON A FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE STATE BOARD AND SHALL CONTAIN 9 SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY THE STATE BOARD 10 AND THE STATE BOARD MAY PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO 11 THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SUBDIVISION. 12 (C) UPON RECEIPT OF THE APPLICATION FOR STATE ASSISTANCE, SUCH PRIVATE 13 FOREST LANDS SHALL BE VALUED BY THE STATE BOARD AND THE CUMULATIVE VALUE 14 OF ALL SUCH LANDS SHALL BE EQUALIZED BY APPLYING THERETO THE APPROPRIATE 15 STATE EQUALIZATION RATE OR SPECIAL EQUALIZATION RATE ESTABLISHED IN 16 ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES OF THE STATE BOARD. 17 (D) IF THE CUMULATIVE VALUE DETERMINED AND EQUALIZED PURSUANT TO PARA- 18 GRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION EXCEEDS THE TAXABLE ASSESSED VALUATION OF 19 SUCH PROPERTY ON THE PRECEDING ASSESSMENT ROLL, AS REQUIRED BY SUBDIVI- 20 SION THREE OF THIS SECTION THE STATE BOARD SHALL COMPUTE THE AMOUNT OF 21 STATE ASSISTANCE PAYABLE TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF EACH MUNICIPAL CORPO- 22 RATION BY APPLYING TO THE AMOUNT OF THE EXCESS THE APPROPRIATE TAX RATE 23 OF THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND SUCH AMOUNT SHALL BE PAID ON AUDIT AND EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02007-01-1 S. 1491 2 1 WARRANT OF THE COMPTROLLER OUT OF MONEYS APPROPRIATED BY THE LEGISLA- 2 TURE. 3 S 2. Section 480-a of the real property tax law is amended by adding a 4 new subdivision 11 to read as follows: 5 11. (A) THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION IN 6 WHICH THERE ARE PRIVATELY OWNED FOREST LANDS WHICH ARE ASSESSED IN 7 ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION MAY MAKE APPLICATION FOR 8 STATE ASSISTANCE AS PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION. 9 (B) APPLICATION FOR STATE ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION 10 SHALL BE MADE ON A FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE STATE BOARD AND SHALL CONTAIN 11 SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY THE STATE BOARD 12 AND THE STATE BOARD MAY PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO 13 THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SUBDIVISION. 14 (C) UPON RECEIPT OF THE APPLICATION FOR STATE ASSISTANCE, SUCH PRIVATE 15 FOREST LANDS SHALL BE VALUED BY THE STATE BOARD AND THE CUMULATIVE VALUE 16 OF ALL SUCH LANDS SHALL BE EQUALIZED BY APPLYING THERETO THE APPROPRIATE 17 STATE EQUALIZATION RATE OR SPECIAL EQUALIZATION RATE ESTABLISHED IN 18 ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES OF THE STATE BOARD. 19 (D) IF THE CUMULATIVE VALUE DETERMINED AND EQUALIZED PURSUANT TO PARA- 20 GRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION EXCEEDS THE TAXABLE ASSESSED VALUATION OF 21 SUCH PROPERTY ON THE PRECEDING ASSESSMENT ROLL, AS REQUIRED BY THIS 22 SECTION THE STATE BOARD SHALL COMPUTE THE AMOUNT OF STATE ASSISTANCE 23 PAYABLE TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF EACH MUNICIPAL CORPORATION BY APPLYING 24 TO THE AMOUNT OF THE EXCESS THE APPROPRIATE TAX RATE OF THE MUNICIPAL 25 CORPORATION AND SUCH AMOUNT SHALL BE PAID ON AUDIT AND WARRANT OF THE 26 COMPTROLLER OUT OF MONEYS APPROPRIATED BY THE LEGISLATURE. 27 S 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxes 28 levied upon assessment rolls prepared on the basis of taxable status 29 dates occurring on or after January 1, 2013.