Amd §858, Gen Muni L; amd §§1953 & 2306, Pub Auth L
 
Requires notification of the expiration of a PILOT agreement to be delivered to the affected tax jurisdiction within two years of the expiration of such agreement or immediately upon early termination.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A7295A
SPONSOR: Thiele
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the general municipal law and the public authorities
law, in relation to certain notifications regarding agreements requiring
payments in lieu of taxes
 
PURPOSE:
This legislation will require industrial development agencies to notify
a taxing jurisdiction within two years of the expiration of a payment in
lieu of taxes agreement, or immediately upon the early termination of an
agreement
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Amends Section 858 of the general municipal law requiring
IDAs to notify a taxing jurisdiction before the end of a PILOT agree-
ment.
Section 2. Amends Section 1953 of the public authorities law requiring
IDAs to notify a taxing jurisdiction before the end of a PILOT agree-
ment.
Section 3. Amends Section 2306 of the public authorities law requiring
IDAs to notify a taxing jurisdiction before the end of a PILOT agree-
ment.
Section 4. Effective Date
 
JUSTIFICATION:
Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) are often provided to taxing jurisdic-
tions to make up for the incentives provided to local businesses to grow
and expand in New York. These agreements are beneficial to the community
in order to support economic development while ensuring taxing jurisdic-
tions like school districts, are not without needed funding.
Often times, taxing jurisdictions rely upon PILOT agreements while
calculating their budget. The sudden termination or cessation of a PILOT
agreement, without the knowledge of the affected jurisdictions, can have
inadvertent negative effects on a taxing jurisdictions budget. This
advanced notification will clear up any confusion between the businesses
and taxing jurisdiction, and give taxing jurisdictions ample opportunity
to adequately budget for the nature and amount of funds to be received.
As industrial development agencies have the authority to enter into
these PILOT agreements, it is common sense to have the agency give
notification to the taxing jurisdiction upon the impending expiration of
such agreement when feasible. This legislation in no way prohibits or
limits the ability of IDAs to enter into PILOT agreements.
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2020: A.10390/S.7963
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Minimal
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
60 days after it shall have become law
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7295--A
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 4, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Local Governments -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law and the public authorities
law, in relation to certain notifications regarding agreements requir-
ing payments in lieu of taxes
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 15 of section 858 of the general municipal law,
2 as added by chapter 356 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 (15) To enter into agreements requiring payments in lieu of taxes.
5 Such agreements shall be in writing and in addition to other terms shall
6 contain: the amount due annually to each affected tax jurisdiction (or a
7 formula by which the amount due can be calculated), the name and address
8 of the person, office or agency to which payment shall be delivered, the
9 date on which payment shall be made, and the date on which payment shall
10 be considered delinquent if not paid. Unless otherwise agreed by the
11 affected tax jurisdictions, any such agreement shall provide that
12 payments in lieu of taxes shall be allocated among affected tax juris-
13 dictions in proportion to the amount of real property tax and other
14 taxes which would have been received by each affected tax jurisdiction
15 had the project not been tax exempt due to the status of the agency
16 involved in the project. A copy of any such agreement shall be delivered
17 to each affected tax jurisdiction within fifteen days of signing the
18 agreement. In the absence of any such written agreement, payments in
19 lieu of taxes made by an agency shall be allocated in the same
20 proportions as they had been prior to January first, nineteen hundred
21 ninety-three for so long as the agency's activities render a project
22 non-taxable by affected tax jurisdictions. A notification of the expira-
23 tion of such agreement shall be delivered to the affected tax jurisdic-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 tion two years prior to the expiration of such agreement and immediately
2 upon early termination of an agreement;
3 § 2. Subdivision 14 of section 1953 of the public authorities law, as
4 added by chapter 356 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows:
5 14. To enter into agreements requiring payments in lieu of taxes. Such
6 agreements shall be in writing and in addition to other terms shall
7 contain: the amount due annually to each affected tax jurisdiction (or a
8 formula by which the amount due can be calculated), the name and address
9 of the person, office or agency to which payment shall be delivered, the
10 date on which payment shall be made, and the date on which payment shall
11 be considered delinquent if not paid. Unless otherwise agreed by the
12 affected tax jurisdictions, any such agreement shall provide that
13 payments in lieu of taxes shall be allocated among affected tax juris-
14 dictions in proportion to the amount of real property tax and other
15 taxes which would have been received by each affected tax jurisdiction
16 had the project not been tax exempt due to the status of the authority
17 involved in the project. A copy of any such agreement shall be delivered
18 to each affected tax jurisdiction within fifteen days of signing the
19 agreement. In the absence of any such written agreement, payments in
20 lieu of taxes made by an agency shall be allocated in the same
21 proportions as they had been prior to January first, nineteen hundred
22 ninety-three for so long as the authority's activities render a project
23 non-taxable by affected tax jurisdictions. A notification of the expi-
24 ration of such agreement shall be delivered to the affected tax juris-
25 diction two years prior to the expiration of such agreement and imme-
26 diately upon early termination of an agreement;
27 § 3. Subdivision 14 of section 2306 of the public authorities law, as
28 added by chapter 356 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows:
29 14. To enter into agreements requiring payments in lieu of taxes. Such
30 agreements shall be in writing and in addition to other terms shall
31 contain: the amount due annually to each affected tax jurisdiction (or a
32 formula by which the amount due can be calculated), the name and address
33 of the person, office or agency to which payment shall be delivered, the
34 date on which the payment shall be made, and the date on which payment
35 shall be considered delinquent if not paid. Unless otherwise agreed by
36 the affected tax jurisdictions, any such agreement shall provide that
37 payments in lieu of taxes shall be allocated among affected tax juris-
38 dictions in proportion to the amount of real property tax and other
39 taxes which would have been received by each affected tax jurisdiction
40 had the project not been tax exempt due to the status of the agency
41 involved in the project. A copy of any such agreement shall be delivered
42 to each tax affected jurisdiction within fifteen days of signing the
43 agreement. In the absence of any such written agreement, payments in
44 lieu of taxes shall be allocated in the same proportions as they had
45 been prior to January first, nineteen hundred ninety-three for so long
46 as the authority's activities render a project non-taxable by affected
47 tax jurisdictions. A notification of the expiration of such agreement
48 shall be delivered to the affected tax jurisdiction two years prior to
49 the expiration of such agreement and immediately upon early termination
50 of an agreement;
51 § 4. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
52 have become a law.