What's happening
This bill allows certain state-owned correctional facility lands to be taxed for school purposes in specified New York districts.
Why it matters
Shifts financial responsibility. By allowing state-owned correctional facility lands to be taxed for school purposes, this bill shifts some financial responsibility for local education from the state to the state agencies using the land, potentially increasing funds for local schools in the specified districts.
Targets specific communities. The measure is limited to three school districts (Alden, Gowanda, and Attica), all of which host major correctional facilities. These districts often have large portions of untaxable state property, limiting their tax base for school funding.
Excludes prison buildings themselves. Only the land, not the structures (prisons), would be subject to school taxes. This may increase revenue for schools without impacting the operational costs of the correctional facilities themselves.
Potential precedent for other areas. If enacted, the bill could set a precedent for other school districts hosting state facilities to seek similar tax authority, potentially altering the financial relationship between state-owned lands and local communities statewide.
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Tax State-Owned Prison Land
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- Held for consideration in real property taxation
- Referred to real property taxation
- Referred to real property taxation
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Tax State Land for Schools
In Senate Committee · Local Government · Sponsor Patrick M. Gallivan
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STATE OF NEW YORK
7929
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 19, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. DiPIETRO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Real Property Taxation
AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to allowing for the taxation of state property for schools
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 536 of the real property tax law is amended by adding a new paragraph (h) to read as follows:
(h) Lands owned by the state for use as correctional facilities, as such term is defined pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision four of section two of the correction law, exclusive of the improvements erected thereon by the state, situate in the following school districts:
(i) Alden central school district in Erie county;
(ii) Gowanda central school district in Erie county; and
(iii) Attica central school district in Wyoming county.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07030-03-7
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