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
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                                         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
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