What's happening
This bill requires certain special districts to use agricultural assessments for determining benefit assessments or special ad valorem levies.
Why it matters
Guarantees tax relief for agricultural landowners. by mandating that special districts (like fire, ambulance, water, lighting, sewer, and sanitation) must use agricultural assessments rather than potentially higher regular property assessments, helping keep operational costs lower for farmers.
Removes local discretion and variability. by replacing the word “may” with “shall,” making it a legal requirement—rather than an option—for districts to apply agricultural assessments, ensuring more uniform implementation across New York State.
Could shift tax burdens. within special districts, potentially leading to higher costs for non-agricultural property owners as agricultural land becomes uniformly assessed at lower values for district levies.
Reinforces the value placed on farmland preservation. by making it harder for districts to impose higher tax burdens on agricultural properties, supporting the economic viability of farming and potentially discouraging farmland conversion to non-agricultural uses.
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End Special Tax Breaks
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STATE OF NEW YORK
2030
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 17, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture
AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to eliminating the special taxing jurisdiction's option to apply agricultural assessments regardless of location or time of establishment
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 305 of the agriculture and markets law, as amended by chapter 590 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
6. Use of assessment for certain purposes. The governing body of a fire, fire protection, or ambulance district for which a benefit assessment or a special ad valorem levy is made, [may] shall adopt a resolution to provide that the assessment determined pursuant to subdivision one of this section for such property shall be used for the benefit assessment or special ad valorem levy of such fire, fire protection, or ambulance district.
§ 2. Subdivision 5 of section 306 of the agriculture and markets law, as added by chapter 568 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
5. Use of assessment for certain purposes. The governing body of a water, lighting, sewer, sanitation, fire, fire protection, or ambulance district for whose benefit a special assessment or a special ad valorem levy is imposed, [may] shall adopt a resolution to provide that the assessments determined pursuant to subdivision one of this section for property within the district shall be used for the special assessment or special ad valorem levy of such special district.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02664-01-7
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