Bill Text: NY S00546 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced


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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT [S00546 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S00546-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          546
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2015
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       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:
    1    Section 1. Subdivisions 2 and 3 of section 406 of  the  real  property
    2  tax law, subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 579 of the laws of 1987 and
    3  subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 683 of the laws of 1979, are amended
    4  to read as follows:
    5    2.  Real  property  owned  by  a  municipal corporation not within its
    6  corporate limits  while  used  for  the  provision  of  fire  protection
    7  services  provided  that  some fire protection services are available to
    8  the municipal corporation in which the real property is located,  for  a
    9  public  park,  public  aviation  field, highway or for flood control and
   10  soil conservation purposes as provided in section  two  hundred  twenty-
   11  three  of  the county law shall be exempt from taxation by any municipal
   12  corporation in which it is located[, provided the governing board there-
   13  of shall so agree in writing].
   14    3. Real property owned by  a  municipal  corporation  not  within  its
   15  corporate  limits  while  used  as  a  sewage  disposal plant or system,
   16  including necessary connections  and  appurtenances,  or  real  property
   17  owned  by  a  municipal corporation having a population of less than one
   18  hundred thousand or a population of two hundred twenty-five thousand  or
   19  more but less than three hundred thousand used as a water plant, pumping
   20  station,  water  treatment  plant,  water  shed  or reservoir, including
   21  necessary connections and appurtenances shall  be  wholly  or  partially
   22  exempt  from  taxation  and  wholly  or partially exempt from special ad
   23  valorem levies and special assessments, by any municipal corporation  in
   24  which  located[,  provided the governing board thereof shall so agree in
   25  writing].
   26    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03900-01-5
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