Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to local government |
Jul 16, 2009 |
committed to rules |
Jun 04, 2009 |
advanced to third reading |
Jun 03, 2009 |
2nd report cal. |
Jun 02, 2009 |
1st report cal.539 |
Apr 22, 2009 |
reported and committed to finance |
Feb 04, 2009 |
referred to local government |
Senate Bill S1655
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S1655 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Local Government
- Law Section:
- Montgomery County
- Laws Affected:
- Amd Chap 148 of 2001
2009-S1655 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1655 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend chapter 148 of the laws of 2001, relating to authorizing the city of Gloversville and the town of Johnstown to enter into certain cooperative agreements, in relation to joint municipal economic development areas PURPOSE : To enable the City of Gloversville and the Town of Johnstown to create joint municipal economic development areas in which the City provides certain services to properties in the Town and the two municipalities share the resulting property tax, sales tax and other revenues. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : The bill amends Chapter 148 of the Laws of 2001, which authorizes tax-sharing agreements between the City of Gloversville and the Town of Johnstown, both of which are located in Fulton County. Specifically, the amendments: - provide that, where a property owner has agreed to participate in a joint municipal economic development area, such property shall be taxed at the rate established by the agreement between the two municipalities;
2009-S1655 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ S. 1655 A. 4421 2009-2010 Regular Sessions S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y February 4, 2009 ___________ IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. FARLEY -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Govern- ment IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. BUTLER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities AN ACT to amend chapter 148 of the laws of 2001, relating to authorizing the city of Gloversville and the town of Johnstown to enter into certain cooperative agreements, in relation to joint municipal econom- ic development areas THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Chapter 148 of the laws of 2001, relating to authorizing the city of Gloversville and the town of Johnstown to enter into certain cooperative agreements, is amended to read as follows: Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the city of Gloversville and the town of Johnstown are hereby authorized and empowered to enter into agreements with each other [whereby] TO ESTAB- LISH JOINT MUNICIPAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AREAS, IN WHICH the city may agree and commit to provide water and other services, INCLUDING SEWER, to properties in the town and, in exchange, the city and town may agree and commit to share all or a specified part of the resulting property tax, sales tax and any other specified taxes generated from such proper- ties. S 2. Any such agreement, or any amendments to the agreement, must be approved by each municipality by a majority vote of the voting strength of its governing body. At least thirty days prior to voting on any such agreement or amendments to the agreement, each municipality shall hold a public hearing on the proposal. S 3. When any service to be provided involves an independent municipal corporation, the agreement shall also require the participation and EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07448-01-9
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