Assembly Bill A1819

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Provides that local assessing units shall determine tax abatement granted to freshwater wetlands, subject to rules and regulations of commissioner of taxation and finance

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A1819 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §24-0905, add §24-0907, En Con L; amd §202, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4257
2011-2012: A4530
2015-2016: A2389
2017-2018: A814
2019-2020: A770

2013-A1819 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that local assessing units shall determine the amount of the tax abatement granted to freshwater wetlands, subject to the rules and regulations of the commissioner of taxation and finance; provides such commissioner shall establish a standard application form for such tax abatement; provides that the tax savings provided by real property taxing authorities to freshwater wetlands shall be a state charge.

2013-A1819 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1819

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CROUCH, FINCH, GIGLIO, OAKS -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law and the real property
  tax law, in relation to providing for a real  property  tax  abatement
  for land subject to freshwater wetland regulation

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 24-0905 of the environmental conservation  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  654  of  the  laws  of 1977, is amended to read as
follows:
S 24-0905. Tax abatement.
  Any freshwater wetland subject to land  use  regulations  pursuant  to
section  24-0903  of  this  [article]  TITLE or subject to a cooperative
agreement pursuant to section 24-0901 of this [article] TITLE  shall  be
deemed  subject  to  a  limitation  on  the use of such wetlands for the
purposes of REAL property tax evaluation, in the same manner  as  if  an
easement  or  right  had been acquired pursuant to the general municipal
law.  [Assessed] THE ASSESSED value OF SUCH FRESHWATER WETLAND shall  be
based, during the duration of such agreement or regulations, on the uses
remaining  to  the owner thereof AS DETERMINED BY THE ASSESSING UNIT, AS
DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWO OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW,  PURSU-
ANT TO RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION
AND  FINANCE.   THE TAX ABATEMENT PROVIDED BY THIS SECTION SHALL ONLY BE
GRANTED UPON SUBMISSION TO THE ASSESSING UNIT OF AN  APPLICATION  THERE-
FOR,  IN  SUCH FORM AS SHALL BE ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXA-
TION AND FINANCE.
  S 2. The environmental conservation law is amended  by  adding  a  new
section 24-0907 to read as follows:
S 24-0907. EFFECT OF TAX ABATEMENT.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06282-01-3
              

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