Bill Text: NY A05442 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates a Staten Island landmark commission to evaluate applications and grant real property tax credits for certain structures deemed of significant architectural or community value.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-06 - held for consideration in tourism, parks, arts and sports development [A05442 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A05442-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5442
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 27, 2013
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       Introduced  by M. of A. BORELLI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development
       AN ACT in relation to creating a special landmark commission  in  Staten
         Island  to  grant tax credits for the preservation of certain historic
         structures
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. 1. There is hereby created a special landmark commission in
    2  the  borough  of  Staten  Island to review and evaluate applications for
    3  real property tax  credits  for  the  preservation  of  residential  and
    4  commercial structures deemed to be of sufficient architectural or commu-
    5  nity value. Such structures need not qualify as historic structures, but
    6  shall  be evaluated by the commission to determine their significance to
    7  the community. The commission shall promulgate rules for the application
    8  and granting of tax credits and shall determine the amount of such cred-
    9  it.
   10    2. The landmark commission shall consist of the borough  president  of
   11  Staten  Island  and  the  members  of the city council. The chair of the
   12  community board in whose community the  property  is  located  shall  be
   13  invited to serve on the commission to evaluate applications for property
   14  in such community.
   15    3.  The  commission  shall  develop  and  distribute or make available
   16  application request forms.
   17    4. A majority vote of the entire commission shall be required to grant
   18  a credit.
   19    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
   20  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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