Bill Text: NY A02737 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires that prior to the approval of any application for a payment in lieu of taxes agreement by an industrial development agency, the agency shall notify certain school boards and consult with certain district superintendents.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to local governments [A02737 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A02737-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2737 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 25, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Local Governments AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to payments in lieu of taxes for projects approved by industrial development agencies The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 859-a of the general municipal law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows: 3 7. Prior to the approval of any application for a payment in lieu of 4 taxes agreement (PILOT agreement) by any agency subject to the 5 provisions of this article, the agency shall notify the school board and 6 consult the district superintendent of each school district where the 7 project that is the subject of such PILOT agreement would be located and 8 obtain approval from each school board to be impacted by such PILOT 9 agreement. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05164-01-9