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History
- Substituted by A9719A
- Amended on third reading 7623a
- Vote reconsidered - restored to third reading
- Returned to senate
- Recalled from assembly
- Referred to ways and means
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 58–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1307
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to local government
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Relates to conservation agreement exemptions in certain towns
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Patricia Fahy
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S7623A
Title of bill
An act to amend the real property tax law, in relation to conservation agreement exemptions in certain towns
Purpose or general idea of bill
Provides for additional population bands to those used in 2009 legislation to provide state authority for conservation easement tax exemptions for the Town of Bethlehem. Certain towns were given this authority previously.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 adds a new section 491-a to the Real Property Tax Law, allowing for the Town of Bethlehem in Albany County to offer a conservation easement identical to those offered by certain towns in Erie County pursuant to Section 491 of the Real Property Tax Law as established by 2009 legislation. It provides for definitions, procedures, computation and penalties, identical to those currently described in section 491 for other eligible towns.
Justification
This bill would allow the Town of Bethlehem in Albany County to provide conservation easement exemptions originally authorized for certain towns in 2009 with establishment of section 491 of the Real Property Tax Law. Bethlehem has been studying open space issues for several years, including legal methods of reflecting the benefits of conserved lands in property taxes, and would like to offer this exemption, pursuant to local law and other actions of the town board. Section 491 uses narrow population corridors to define eligible towns, and was originally drafted to identify the towns of Orchard Park and Elma in Erie County by referring to the "most recent decennial census." This drafting approach can be a problem when subsequent population changes occur, and accordingly, this bill is drafted to define Bethlehem as an eligible town by referring specifically to the 2010 decennial federal census as recorded, which would prevent this problem from occurring in the future. This bill would allow the Town of Bethlehem in Albany County to provide the conservation easements authorized under section 491. No other town is affected.
Prior legislative history
: Section 491 of the Real Property Tax Law added by Chapters 296 and 311 of the Laws of 2009; the impact was to establish two sections 491 applying to the Towns of Orchard Park and Elma respectively.
Fiscal implications
None to the State of New York.
Effective date
Immediately
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