Assembly Bill A7760A

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Establishes an energy system tax stabilization reserve fund in the Lowville Central School District to lessen or prevent increases in the real property tax levy

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • 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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

2013-A7760 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1961
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Real Property Taxation
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S6835

2013-A7760 - Summary

Establishes an energy system tax stabilization reserve fund in the Lowville Central School District to lessen or prevent increases in the school district's real property tax levy resulting from decreases in revenue due to changes in the amount of or termination of payments in lieu of taxes receivable.

2013-A7760 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7760

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 3, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. BRINDISI, BLANKENBUSH -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to establish an energy system tax stabilization reserve  fund  in
  the Lowville Central School District to lessen or prevent increases in
  the school district's real property tax levy

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

  Section 1. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds that the
private development and ownership of wind energy systems located  within
the  Lowville  Central  School District may result in instability in the
real property tax base and the budgets of the district due to the uncer-
tainty with the assessments of such wind energy systems at the time  the
payments in lieu of taxes terminate.
  S 2. Definitions. As used in this act:
  (a)  "Board  of  education" or "board" means the board of education of
the Lowville Central School District.
  (b) "Energy system tax stabilization reserve fund" or "fund" means the
energy system tax stabilization reserve  fund  established  pursuant  to
this act.
  (c)  "Payments  in lieu of taxes" or "payments" means payments in lieu
of taxes receivable by the school district pursuant to contracts entered
into in accordance with section 487 of the  real  property  tax  law  or
subdivision  15  of section 858 of the general municipal law on any wind
energy system located wholly or partially within  the  Lowville  Central
School District.
  (d)  "School district" or "district" means the Lowville Central School
District.
  (e) "Wind energy systems" shall be defined as in section  487  of  the
real  property  tax law and shall include the land upon which the system
is located, any equipment used in such generation, and equipment leading
from the system to the interconnection with the transmission system.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01518-04-3
              

co-Sponsors

2013-A7760A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1961
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Real Property Taxation
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S6835

2013-A7760A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes an energy system tax stabilization reserve fund in the Lowville Central School District to lessen or prevent increases in the school district's real property tax levy resulting from decreases in revenue due to changes in the amount of or termination of payments in lieu of taxes receivable.

2013-A7760A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 7760--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 3, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. BRINDISI, BLANKENBUSH -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Education -- committee discharged,  bill  amended,
  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to establish an energy system tax stabilization reserve fund in
  the Lowville Central School District to lessen or prevent increases in
  the school district's real property tax levy

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

  Section 1. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds that the
private  development and ownership of wind energy systems located within
the Lowville Central School District may result in  instability  in  the
real property tax base and the budgets of the district due to the uncer-
tainty  with the assessments of such wind energy systems at the time the
payments in lieu of taxes terminate.
  S 2. Definitions. As used in this act:
  (a) "Board of education" or "board" means the board  of  education  of
the Lowville Central School District.
  (b) "Energy system tax stabilization reserve fund" or "fund" means the
energy  system  tax  stabilization  reserve fund established pursuant to
this act.
  (c) "Payments in lieu of taxes" or "payments" means payments  in  lieu
of taxes receivable by the school district pursuant to contracts entered
into  in  accordance  with  section  487 of the real property tax law or
subdivision 15 of section 858 of the general municipal law on  any  wind
energy  system  located  wholly or partially within the Lowville Central
School District.
  (d) "School district" or "district" means the Lowville Central  School
District.
  (e)  "Wind  energy  systems" shall be defined as in section 487 of the
real property tax law and shall include the land upon which  the  system

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01518-06-3

              

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.