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This bill requires local tax exemption policies to consider whether projects provide onsite child daycare facilities.
Why it matters
Prioritizes family-friendly development. By requiring tax exemption policies to consider whether projects offer onsite child daycare, the bill encourages developers to integrate child care into new projects, potentially making workplaces and communities more accommodating to working parents.
Could influence project approval and incentives. Projects that include onsite childcare may gain a competitive edge in securing local tax breaks, possibly shifting the types of businesses and developments that are favored in local economic development strategies.
Addresses local workforce needs. Onsite childcare can help local employers attract and retain talent by reducing barriers for parents seeking employment, which could have broader economic benefits for the community.
May impact local service demands and revenues. Encouraging onsite childcare could affect municipal planning—shaping the demand for other local services (like transportation or education) and influencing how new developments contribute to, or draw from, public resources.
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- Referred to local governments
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STATE OF NEW YORK
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IN ASSEMBLY
March 4, 2020
Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law and the public authorities law, in relation to including providing onsite child daycare facilities by a project into a uniform tax exemption policy
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 of section 874 of the general municipal law, as amended by chapter 386 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
(a) The agency shall establish a uniform tax exemption policy, with input from affected tax jurisdictions, which shall be applicable to the provision of financial assistance pursuant to section eight hundred fifty-nine-a of this chapter and shall provide guidelines for the claiming of real property, mortgage recording, and sales tax exemptions. Such guidelines shall include, but not be limited to: period of exemption; percentage of exemption; types of projects for which exemptions can be claimed; procedures for payments in lieu of taxes and instances in which real property appraisals are to be performed as a part of an application for tax exemption; in addition, agencies shall in adopting such policy consider such issues as: the extent to which a project will create or retain permanent, private sector jobs; the estimated value of any tax exemptions to be provided; whether affected tax jurisdictions shall be reimbursed by the project occupant if a project does not fulfill the purposes for which an exemption was provided; the impact of a proposed project on existing and proposed businesses and economic development projects in the vicinity; the amount of private sector investment generated or likely to be generated by the proposed project; the demonstrated public support for the proposed project; the likelihood of accomplishing the proposed project in a timely fashion; the effect of the proposed project upon the environment; the extent to which the project will utilize, to the fullest extent practicable and economically feasible, resource conservation, energy efficiency, green technologies, and alternative and renewable energy measures; the extent
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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to which the project will provide onsite child daycare facilities; the extent to which the proposed project will require the provision of additional services, including, but not limited to additional educational, transportation, police, emergency medical or fire services; and the extent to which the proposed project will provide additional sources of revenue for municipalities and school districts.
§ 2. Subdivision 1 of section 1963-a of the public authorities law, as amended by chapter 386 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
1. The authority shall establish a uniform tax exemption policy, with input from affected local taxing jurisdictions, which shall be applicable to provisions of financial assistance pursuant to section nineteen hundred fifty-three-a of this title and shall provide guidelines for the claiming of real property, mortgage recording, and sales tax exemptions. Such guidelines shall include, but not be limited to: period of exemption; percentage of exemption; types of projects for which exemptions can be claimed; procedures for payments in lieu of taxes and instances in which real property appraisals are to be performed as a part of an application for tax exemption; in addition, the authority in adopting such policy shall consider such issues as: the extent to which a project will create or retain permanent, private sector jobs; the estimated value of any tax exemption to be provided; whether affected tax jurisdictions should be reimbursed by the project occupant if a project does not fulfill the purposes for which an exemption was provided; the impact of a proposed project on existing and proposed businesses and economic development projects in the vicinity; the amount of private sector investment generated or likely to be generated by the proposed project; the demonstrated public support for the proposed project; the likelihood of accomplishing the proposed project in a timely fashion; the effect of the proposed project upon the environment; the extent to which the project will utilize, to the fullest extent practicable and economically feasible, resource conservation, energy efficiency, green technologies, and alternative and renewable energy measures; the extent to which the project will provide onsite child daycare facilities; the extent to which the proposed project will require the provision of additional services, including, but not limited to additional educational, transportation, police, emergency medical or fire services; and the extent to which the proposed project will provide additional sources or revenue for municipalities and school districts.
§ 3. Subdivision 1 of section 2315 of the public authorities law, as amended by chapter 386 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
1. The authority shall establish a uniform tax exemption policy, with input from affected local taxing jurisdictions, which shall be applicable to provisions of financial assistance pursuant to section twentythree hundred seven of this title and shall provide guidelines for the claiming of real property, mortgage recording, and sales tax exemptions. Such guidelines shall include, but not be limited to: period of exemption; percentage of exemption; types of projects for which exemptions may be claimed; procedures for payments in lieu of taxes and instances in which real property appraisals are to be performed as a part of an application for tax exemption; in addition, the authority in adopting such policy shall consider such issues as: the extent to which a project will create or retain permanent, private sector jobs; the estimated value of any tax exemption to be provided; whether affected tax jurisdictions should be reimbursed by the project occupant if a
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project does not fulfill the purposes for which an exemption was provided; the impact of a proposed project on existing and proposed businesses and economic development projects in the vicinity; the amount of private sector investment generated or likely to be generated by the proposed project; the demonstrated public support for the proposed project; the likelihood of accomplishing the proposed project in a timely fashion; the effect of the proposed project upon the environment; the extent to which the project will utilize, to the fullest extent practicable and economically feasible, resource conservation, energy efficiency, green technologies, and alternative and renewable energy measures; the extent to which the project will provide onsite child daycare facilities; the extent to which the proposed project will require the provision of additional services, including, but not limited to additional educational, transportation, police, emergency medical or fire services; and the extent to which the proposed project will provide additional sources of revenue for municipalities and school districts.
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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