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Senator · Senate District 57
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History
- Print number 3009a
- Amend and recommit to investigations and government operations
- Referred to investigations and government operations
- Referred to investigations and government operations
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Provides for the payment of state aid to the town of Ashford, in the county of Cattaraugus, and the special districts therein for state lands in such town
In Assembly Committee · Real Property Taxation · Sponsor Joseph Giglio
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Title of bill
An act to amend the public lands law, in relation to the payment of state aid on account of certain state lands in the town of Ashford, in the county of Cattaraugus
Purpose
The purpose of this bill is to provide for the payment of State aid to the Town of Ashford, in the County of Cattaraugus, and the special districts therein for state lands in such town.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 of this bill adds a new section 19-c to the Public Lands Law to provide for the payment of $500,000 in Stare aid annually to the Town of Ashford in the County of Cattaraugus, for lands owned by the state or a state agency in such town.
Section 2 requires that this act shall take effect immediately, and the first payment of state aid shall be in the year 2015.
Existing law
Section 19-b of the Public Lands Law currently provides for the payment of State aid for the West Valley Nuclear sight based on tax rolls from 1980. In addition, Sections 532, 534, and 536 of the Real Property and Tax Law make certain State lands (not including the Town of Ashford) taxable for some or all local government purposes.
Justification
The lands that would be the subject of State aid payments were used by the state for the West Valley Demonstration project. Despite accounting for 87% of the taxable land in the Town of Ashford, the state aid payments, which are based on a 1980 assessment, have not increased in over 25 years. The loss of revenue to the town due to the exempt properties has become unbearable for the taxpayers in the town. The town is even more limited now in its capacity to raise revenue due to the property tax cap enacted in 2011.
Because a significant amount of the acreage in the Town is tax-exempt State property, the Town finds itself in a fiscally challenged position with a constrained and overburdened tax base. This bill would help alleviate this situation by providing an additional $500,000 in yearly State aid payments to the Town of Ashford, to offset the loss of tax revenue.
Legislative history
2015:S.3009/A.5447 Referred to Investigations and Government Operations 2013,2014: S.2676-A/A.6015-A Referred to Investigations and Government Operations 2011,2012: S.4868/A.9285 Referred to Investigations and Government Operations
Fiscal implications
Minimal to the state.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately and the first payment of State aid shall be based upon assessment rolls completed in 2017.
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