Bill Text: NY S02769 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to requiring notice and confirmation of such notice by affected local taxing jurisdictions and school districts prior to approval of projects by industrial development agencies.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2019-12-20 - tabled [S02769 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S02769-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2769 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 29, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT to amend the general municipal law and the public authorities law, in relation to requiring notice and confirmation of such notice by affected local taxing jurisdictions and school districts prior to approval of projects 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 1-a to read as follows: 3 1-a. The agency shall deliver a copy of the resolution adopted pursu- 4 ant to subdivision one of this section by certified mail, return receipt 5 requested, to the chief executive officer of each affected local taxing 6 jurisdiction. When the affected local taxing jurisdiction is a school 7 district, the agency shall deliver a copy of such resolution by certi- 8 fied mail, return receipt requested, to the school board and district 9 superintendent of each affected school district. 10 § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 874 of the general 11 municipal law, as amended by chapter 357 of the laws of 1993, is amended 12 to read as follows: 13 (b) The agency shall establish a procedure for deviation from the 14 uniform tax exemption policy required pursuant to this subdivision. The 15 agency shall set forth in writing the reasons for deviation from such 16 policy, and shall further notify by certified mail, return receipt 17 requested, the affected local taxing jurisdictions of the proposed devi- 18 ation from such policy and the reasons therefor. When the affected 19 local taxing jurisdiction is a school district, the agency shall notify 20 by certified mail, return receipt requested, the school board and 21 district superintendent of each affected school district. 22 § 3. Section 1953-a of the public authorities law is amended by adding 23 a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03005-01-9S. 2769 2 1 1-a. The authority shall deliver a copy of the resolution adopted 2 pursuant to subdivision one of this section by certified mail, return 3 receipt requested, to the chief executive officer of each affected tax 4 jurisdiction. When the affected tax jurisdiction is a school district, 5 the authority shall deliver a copy of such resolution by certified mail, 6 return receipt requested, to the school board and district superinten- 7 dent of each affected school district. 8 § 4. Subdivision 2 of section 1963-a of the public authorities law, as 9 amended by chapter 357 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as 10 follows: 11 2. The authority shall establish a procedure for deviation from the 12 uniform tax exemption policy required pursuant to this section. The 13 authority shall set forth in writing the reasons for deviation from such 14 policy, and shall further notify by certified mail, return receipt 15 requested, the affected tax jurisdictions of the proposed deviation from 16 such policy and the reasons therefor. When the affected tax jurisdic- 17 tion is a school district, the authority shall notify by certified mail, 18 return receipt requested, the school board and district superintendent 19 of each affected school district. 20 § 5. Section 2307 of the public authorities law is amended by adding a 21 new subdivision 1-a to read as follows: 22 1-a. The authority shall deliver a copy of the resolution adopted 23 pursuant to subdivision one of this section by certified mail, return 24 receipt requested, to the chief executive officer of each affected tax 25 jurisdiction. When the affected tax jurisdiction is a school district, 26 the authority shall deliver a copy of such resolution by certified mail, 27 return receipt requested, to the school board and district superinten- 28 dent of each affected school district. 29 § 6. Subdivision 2 of section 2315 of the public authorities law, as 30 amended by chapter 357 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as 31 follows: 32 2. The authority shall establish a procedure for deviation from the 33 uniform tax exemption policy required pursuant to this section. The 34 authority shall set forth in writing the reasons for deviation from such 35 policy, and shall further notify by certified mail, return receipt 36 requested, the affected local taxing jurisdictions of the proposed devi- 37 ation from such policy and the reasons therefor. When the affected tax 38 jurisdiction is a school district, the authority shall notify by certi- 39 fied mail, return receipt requested, the school board and district 40 superintendent of each affected school district. 41 § 7. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- 42 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
