Senate Bill S789

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Establishes a working farmland property tax credit for owners of agricultural assessment land within agricultural districts

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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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2011-S789 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§210 & 606, Tax L; add Art 18-D §§972 - 972-i, Gen Muni L; amd §922, RPT L; amd §302, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S2416
2013-2014: S2249
2015-2016: S2992
2017-2018: S459
2019-2020: S961

2011-S789 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a working farmland property tax credit for owners of agricultural assessment land within agricultural districts.

2011-S789 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S789 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   789

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  YOUNG, BONACIC, RANZENHOFER, SEWARD -- read twice
  and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
  on Investigations and Government Operations

AN ACT to amend the tax law, the general municipal law, the real proper-
  ty tax law and the agriculture and markets law,  in  relation  to  the
  establishment  of a working farmland property tax credit for owners of
  agricultural assessment land within agricultural districts

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

  Section  1.  Legislative  intent. The legislature hereby finds, deter-
mines and declares that the New York agriculture industry has a substan-
tial impact on the overall economic health and well-being of the  state.
The state constitution provides that the policy of the state shall be to
encourage  the development and improvement of its agricultural lands for
the production of food and other agricultural products.  The  activities
of  farmers  and the protection of viable farmland provide many environ-
mental benefits to society, such as open space, scenic vistas,  wetlands
that  aid in water purification, plants that purify air, and food, water
and habitat for people, domestic animals and wildlife.  Therefore, it is
in the public interest to encourage the maintenance of existing farmland
and agricultural lands for farming purposes, thereby helping  to  ensure
the continued economic viability of farm operations.
  S 2. Section 210 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subdivision
22-a to read as follows:
  22-A.  WORKING  FARMLAND PROPERTY TAX CREDIT. (A) GENERAL. IN THE CASE
OF A TAXPAYER THAT OWNS AGRICULTURAL ASSESSMENT LAND WHICH  IS  ELIGIBLE
FOR  THE  WORKING  FARMLAND  PROPERTY TAX CREDIT ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO
ARTICLE EIGHTEEN-D OF THE GENERAL  MUNICIPAL  LAW  AND  AN  AGRICULTURAL
DISTRICT  ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWENTY-FIVE-AA OF THE AGRICUL-
TURE AND MARKETS LAW, AND  THE  TAXPAYER  HAS  EXECUTED  A  COVENANT  TO

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

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