S1138A-2013 Actions

• Feb 19, 2013: PRINT NUMBER 1138A
• Feb 19, 2013: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
• Jan 9, 2013: REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

S1138A-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S1138A

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the public lands law, in relation to
certain state-leased or state-owned lands

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: Authorizes payment of additional
state aid for certain state-leased or state-owned lands

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 - amends section 19-a of the public lands law by adding a
new subdivision 2-b

Section 2 is the effective date

JUSTIFICATION: This legislation which was requested by the City of
Albany would provide for payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT). Currently,
nearly 60% of the City is tax-exempt, largely as a result of State
ownership. This legislation proposes a PILOT payment of 1.75% of the
present value of the Harriman Campus, an amount that would be
approximately $11.7 million annually. The bill provides that this
amount would be paid annually for ten years and would decrease sooner
if the Harriman Campus is privatized.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2012: A.10022/S.7201

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:  To be determined

EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately

S1138A-2013 Text

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

                                   1138--A

                         2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                                 (PREFILED)

                               January 9, 2013
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
    printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
    ment  Operations  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,   ordered
    reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

  AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public lands law, in relation to certain state-
    leased or state-owned lands

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


    Section 1. Section 19-a of the public lands law is amended by adding a
  new subdivision 2-b to read as follows:

    2-B.  (1) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS SECTION TO THE CONTRA-
  RY, IN ADDITION TO STATE AID OTHERWISE PAYABLE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION,
  THERE SHALL BE PAYABLE TO ANY CITY LOCATED IN A COUNTY  IN  WHICH  THERE
  HAS  BEEN  CONSTRUCTED  A  STATE OFFICE BUILDING PROJECT KNOWN AS THE W.
  AVERELL HARRIMAN STATE OFFICE BUILDING CAMPUS (MORE SPECIFICALLY IDENTI-
  FIED ON THE ASSESSMENT ROLL OF SUCH  CITY  AS  SECTION,  LOT  AND  BLOCK
  NUMBERS  53.00-1-2 AND 53.00-1-9, RESPECTIVELY), STATE AID PAYABLE ANNU-
  ALLY, IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO 1.75  PERCENT  OF  SUCH  AGGREGATE  ASSESSED
  VALUES  OF  SUCH STATE OFFICE BUILDING PROJECT AS IT APPEARED ON THE TWO
  THOUSAND NINE FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL OF SUCH CITY.
    (2) SUCH PAYMENTS SHALL BE FOR CITY PURPOSES ONLY, AND SHALL BEGIN  ON
  JUNE  FIRST,  TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN AND SHALL BE PAYABLE FOR A PERIOD OF
  TEN YEARS. FOR GREATER CERTAINTY, SUCH CITY'S ASSESSMENTS FOR THE  PROP-
  ERTIES  DESCRIBED  IN PARAGRAPH ONE OF THIS SUBDIVISION ARE TO REMAIN AT
  SUCH  TWO  THOUSAND  NINE  TOTAL  ASSESSED  VALUES,  I.E.  SIX   HUNDRED
  SIXTY-THREE MILLION NINE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS AND
  TEN  MILLION FOUR HUNDRED NINETEEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS, RESPEC-
  TIVELY, THROUGHOUT SUCH TEN  YEAR  PERIOD,  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  IF  ANY
  PORTION  OF  THE  PROPERTY  IS SOLD BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK DURING THIS
  PERIOD, THEN THE SALE PRICE OF SUCH SALE  SHALL  BE  DEDUCTED  FROM  ITS

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD01954-03-3

 S. 1138--A                          2

  APPROPRIATE ABOVE REFERENCED TOTAL ASSESSED VALUE ON THE NEXT SUCCEEDING
  ASSESSMENT  ROLL, AND SUCH REDUCED TOTAL ASSESSED VALUE SHALL BECOME THE
  NEW BASIS FOR DETERMINING THE ANNUAL PAYMENT FOR THAT AND EACH  SUCCEED-
  ING YEAR THEREAFTER.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.