Increases from 50 to 100 acres, the acreage of farm woodland that qualifies as land used in agricultural production for agricultural assessment purposes.

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S847-2011 Actions

• May 8, 2012: referred to agriculture
• May 8, 2012: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• May 8, 2012: PASSED SENATE
• May 7, 2012: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• May 2, 2012: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• May 1, 2012: 1ST REPORT CAL.630
• Feb 29, 2012: PRINT NUMBER 847A
• Feb 29, 2012: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO AGRICULTURE
• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE
• Jan 4, 2012: returned to senate
• Jan 4, 2012: died in assembly
• May 2, 2011: referred to agriculture
• May 2, 2011: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• May 2, 2011: PASSED SENATE
• Mar 14, 2011: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• Mar 10, 2011: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• Mar 9, 2011: 1ST REPORT CAL.198
• Jan 5, 2011: REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

S847-2011 Meetings

Agriculture: Mar 9, 2011

S847-2011 Calendars

Active List: May 2, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 10, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 14, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 15, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 16, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 21, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 22, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 23, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 24, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 28, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 29, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 30, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 31, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Apr 4, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Apr 5, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Apr 6, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Apr 11, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Apr 12, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Apr 13, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 2, 2011

S847-2011 Votes

S847-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S847

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to increasing the
acreage of farm woodland which qualifies as land used in agricultural
production for agricultural assessment purposes

PURPOSE:
This legislation would double the amount of woodlands
eligible for an agricultural assessment.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends paragraph (d) of subdivision 4 of section 301 of the
agricultural and markets law to change the maximum acreage for
agricultural assessment of farm woodlands from fifty acres to one
hundred acres.

JUSTIFICATION:
Many farms have woodlands on their property which exceed fifty acres,
but some only barely exceed that amount, causing local assessors to
divide a single woodlot into two separate parcels so that one may be
assessed at the "highest and best use" while the other receives an
assessment based upon its agricultural value. In many instances the
former is only a few small acres of land. As we continue farm
preservation efforts and this legislation would allow farmers,
particularly in areas of the state with greater development pressure,
to remain stewards of their land for generations to come.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2009-2010:  S.2474/A.5955  Referred to Agriculture
2007-2008:  S.4453/A.6523  Passed Senate

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S847-2011 Text

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

                                     847

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                                 (PREFILED)

                               January 5, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by Sens. YOUNG, RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered print-
    ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture

  AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to increas-
    ing the acreage of farm woodland which qualifies as land used in agri-
    cultural production for agricultural assessment purposes

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


    Section 1. Paragraph d of subdivision 4 of section 301 of the agricul-
  ture  and markets law, as amended by chapter 445 of the laws of 2002, is
  amended to read as follows:

    d. Farm woodland which is part of land which is qualified for an agri-
  cultural assessment, provided, however, that such farm woodland  attrib-
  utable  to any separately described and assessed parcel shall not exceed
  [fifty] ONE HUNDRED acres.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD03444-01-1