Bill Text: NY A05717 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes the reduction of assessed value of land subject to a conservation easement conveyed to not-for-profit conservation organization.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-28 - held for consideration in real property taxation [A05717 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A05717-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5717 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 6, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DIPIETRO -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Real Property Taxation AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to establishing a reduction in the assessed value of lands burdened by certain conserva- tion easements THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. The real property tax law is amended by adding a new 2 section 533-a to read as follows: 3 S 533-A. ASSESSMENT OF CONSERVATION EASEMENTS CONVEYED TO CERTAIN 4 ORGANIZATIONS. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED 5 THIRTY-THREE OF THIS TITLE, UPON CONVEYANCE OF A CONSERVATION EASEMENT 6 TO A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CONSERVATION ORGANIZATION, THE ASSESSED VALUE OF THE 7 INTEREST IN EACH SUBJECT PARCEL RETAINED BY THE GRANTOR OF SUCH EASEMENT 8 SHALL BE MODIFIED TO EFFECT THE CHANGE, IF ANY, IN THE VALUE OF THE 9 LANDS SUBJECT TO SUCH CONSERVATION EASEMENT. 10 S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 11 have become a law and shall apply to the conveyance of conservation 12 easements on or after such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04609-01-3