Amd §§859-a & 874, Gen Muni L; amd §§1953-a, 1963-a, 2307 & 2315, Pub Auth L
Relates to requiring notice and confirmation of such notice by affected local taxing jurisdictions and school districts prior to approval of projects by industrial development agencies.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3256
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 28, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law and the public authorities
law, in relation to requiring notice and confirmation of such notice
by affected local taxing jurisdictions and school districts prior to
approval of projects by industrial development agencies
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 859-a of the general municipal law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
3 1-a. The agency shall deliver a copy of the resolution adopted pursu-
4 ant to subdivision one of this section by certified mail, return receipt
5 requested, to the chief executive officer of each affected local taxing
6 jurisdiction. When the affected local taxing jurisdiction is a school
7 district, the agency shall deliver a copy of such resolution by certi-
8 fied mail, return receipt requested, to the school board and district
9 superintendent of each affected school district.
10 § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 874 of the general
11 municipal law, as amended by chapter 357 of the laws of 1993, is amended
12 to read as follows:
13 (b) The agency shall establish a procedure for deviation from the
14 uniform tax exemption policy required pursuant to this subdivision. The
15 agency shall set forth in writing the reasons for deviation from such
16 policy, and shall further notify by certified mail, return receipt
17 requested, the affected local taxing jurisdictions of the proposed devi-
18 ation from such policy and the reasons therefor. When the affected
19 local taxing jurisdiction is a school district, the agency shall notify
20 by certified mail, return receipt requested, the school board and
21 district superintendent of each affected school district.
22 § 3. Section 1953-a of the public authorities law is amended by adding
23 a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 1-a. The authority shall deliver a copy of the resolution adopted
2 pursuant to subdivision one of this section by certified mail, return
3 receipt requested, to the chief executive officer of each affected tax
4 jurisdiction. When the affected tax jurisdiction is a school district,
5 the authority shall deliver a copy of such resolution by certified mail,
6 return receipt requested, to the school board and district superinten-
7 dent of each affected school district.
8 § 4. Subdivision 2 of section 1963-a of the public authorities law, as
9 amended by chapter 357 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as
10 follows:
11 2. The authority shall establish a procedure for deviation from the
12 uniform tax exemption policy required pursuant to this section. The
13 authority shall set forth in writing the reasons for deviation from such
14 policy, and shall further notify by certified mail, return receipt
15 requested, the affected tax jurisdictions of the proposed deviation from
16 such policy and the reasons therefor. When the affected tax jurisdic-
17 tion is a school district, the authority shall notify by certified mail,
18 return receipt requested, the school board and district superintendent
19 of each affected school district.
20 § 5. Section 2307 of the public authorities law is amended by adding a
21 new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
22 1-a. The authority shall deliver a copy of the resolution adopted
23 pursuant to subdivision one of this section by certified mail, return
24 receipt requested, to the chief executive officer of each affected tax
25 jurisdiction. When the affected tax jurisdiction is a school district,
26 the authority shall deliver a copy of such resolution by certified mail,
27 return receipt requested, to the school board and district superinten-
28 dent of each affected school district.
29 § 6. Subdivision 2 of section 2315 of the public authorities law, as
30 amended by chapter 357 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as
31 follows:
32 2. The authority shall establish a procedure for deviation from the
33 uniform tax exemption policy required pursuant to this section. The
34 authority shall set forth in writing the reasons for deviation from such
35 policy, and shall further notify by certified mail, return receipt
36 requested, the affected local taxing jurisdictions of the proposed devi-
37 ation from such policy and the reasons therefor. When the affected tax
38 jurisdiction is a school district, the authority shall notify by certi-
39 fied mail, return receipt requested, the school board and district
40 superintendent of each affected school district.
41 § 7. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
42 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
