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Senator · Senate District 4
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Relates to making certain lands owned by the state subject to taxation for school purposes only
In Assembly Committee · Real Property Taxation · Sponsor Andrew R. Garbarino
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Title of bill
An act to amend the real property tax law, in relation to making certain lands owned by the state subject to taxation for school purposes only
Purpose or general idea of bill
The purpose of the bill is to add East Islip School District and Connetquot School District to the law so that the local assessor will be able to assess State land in those districts and tax the State for school purposes only.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1: Adds Central 127 (Bohemia, Oakdale & Ronkonkoma) and Union Free 161 (East Islip) to subdivision 1 of section 536 of the real property tax laws by creating two new paragraphs (h) & (i).
Section 2: is the effective date.
Justification
Under current law, the portion of Connetquot River State Park located within the Central Islip School District is taxed for school purposes only. However, the portion of the State Park located in Connetquot School District is not taxable. A similar situation exists for state owned lands in East Islip.
Current law is unfair to both East Islip and Connetquot School Districts. Both school districts contain state land that the State derives revenue from, yet these districts do not receive benefits from those lands. Other school districts in the area presently receive tax payments from the State for land owned by the State, and the East Islip and Connetquot School Districts deserve their share as well.
Additionally, these lands which would otherwise be prime residential property are not on the tax rolls, generating significant hardship for these school districts. When these districts have taxable property permanently removed from the assessment rolls the tax burden falls disproportionately on the remaining taxable property. This bill would relieve this tax burden by making approximately 2063 acres of land from Heckscher State Park, 535 acres of land from the Bayard Cutting Arboretum and 3546 acres of land from Connetquot River State Park taxable for school purposes only.
Prior legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all taxable years after this act shall have become law.
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