Senate Bill S1965

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Exempts certain real property owned by a municipal corporation from taxation

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government 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

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2017-S1965 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §406, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S4680
2015-2016: S546

2017-S1965 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts certain real property owned by a municipal corporation from taxation.

2017-S1965 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1965 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1965
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. LATIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property tax  law,  in  relation  to  exempting
   certain real property owned by a municipal corporation from taxation
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 2 and 3 of section 406 of  the  real  property
 tax law, subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 579 of the laws of 1987 and
 subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 683 of the laws of 1979, are amended
 to read as follows:
   2.  Real  property  owned  by  a  municipal corporation not within its
 corporate limits  while  used  for  the  provision  of  fire  protection
 services  provided  that  some fire protection services are available to
 the municipal corporation in which the real property is located,  for  a
 public  park,  public  aviation  field, highway or for flood control and
 soil conservation purposes as provided in section  two  hundred  twenty-
 three  of  the county law shall be exempt from taxation by any municipal
 corporation in which it is located[, provided the governing board there-
 of shall so agree in writing].
   3. Real property owned by  a  municipal  corporation  not  within  its
 corporate  limits  while  used  as  a  sewage  disposal plant or system,
 including necessary connections  and  appurtenances,  or  real  property
 owned  by  a  municipal corporation having a population of less than one
 hundred thousand or a population of two hundred twenty-five thousand  or
 more but less than three hundred thousand used as a water plant, pumping
 station,  water  treatment  plant,  water  shed  or reservoir, including
 necessary connections and appurtenances shall  be  wholly  or  partially
 exempt  from  taxation  and  wholly  or partially exempt from special ad
 valorem levies and special assessments, by any municipal corporation  in
 which  located[,  provided the governing board thereof shall so agree in
 writing].
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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