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                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 3, 2023
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. MANKTELOW, MILLER, SMULLEN, DeSTEFANO -- read
   once and referred to the Committee on Real Property Taxation
 
 AN ACT to amend the public lands law, in  relation  to  the  payment  of
   state  aid on account of state lands in the counties of Cayuga, Seneca
   and Wayne comprising the northern Montezuma wildlife management area

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  public  lands law is amended by adding a new section
 19-c to read as follows:
   § 19-C. STATE AID; STATE LANDS COMPRISING THE NORTHERN MONTEZUMA WILD-
 LIFE MANAGEMENT AREA.   1. STATE  AID  SHALL  BE  PAYABLE  ANNUALLY,  AS
 PROVIDED  IN  THIS  SECTION,  TO  ANY  MUNICIPAL  CORPORATION OR SPECIAL
 DISTRICT, AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED  TWO  OF  THE
 REAL  PROPERTY  TAX LAW AND HEREINAFTER COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS "TAX
 DISTRICT", THAT CONTAINS LAND IN THE  COUNTIES  OF  CAYUGA,  SENECA  AND
 WAYNE  COMPRISING  THE NORTHERN MONTEZUMA WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA OWNED
 BY THE STATE AND UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  ENVIRON-
 MENTAL CONSERVATION.
   2.  THE  STATE  AID  SO PAYABLE SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE TAXES THAT WOULD
 HAVE BEEN IMPOSED BY APPLYING THE CURRENT TAX RATE FOR THE TAX  DISTRICT
 TO  THE  ASSESSMENT  OF  THE LAND IN THE DISTRICT, EXCLUSIVE OF IMPROVE-
 MENTS, UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSER-
 VATION APPEARING ON THE APPROPRIATE TOWN ASSESSMENT  ROLL  COMPLETED  IN
 TWO  THOUSAND  THREE,  WHENEVER  ACQUIRED BY THE STATE, ADJUSTED FOR ANY
 CHANGE IN LEVEL OF ASSESSMENT.
   3. STATE AID SHALL BE PAYABLE UPON APPLICATION OF THE COUNTY TREASURER
 ON BEHALF OF THE TAX DISTRICTS  TO  THE  STATE  COMPTROLLER  ON  A  FORM
 PRESCRIBED  BY  THE STATE COMPTROLLER CONTAINING SUCH INFORMATION AS THE
 STATE COMPTROLLER SHALL REQUIRE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and the first  payment  of
 state aid shall be based upon assessment rolls completed in 2023.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04321-01-3