What's happening
This bill requires industrial development agencies and authorities to notify and confirm notice with local taxing jurisdictions and school districts before approving projects or deviating from tax exemption policies.
Why it matters
Ensures school districts and local governments are directly informed and involved. By requiring certified mail and return receipts, the bill mandates that school boards, superintendents, and chief executives of affected tax jurisdictions receive official notice of proposed industrial development projects or changes to tax exemption policies, helping prevent projects from being approved without their knowledge.
Increases transparency and accountability in granting tax exemptions. Agencies and authorities must clearly document and communicate not just project approvals, but also any deviations from standard tax exemption policies, providing written explanations to all impacted taxing entities.
Protects local tax bases, especially for schools. School districts are often the most affected by changes in property tax revenue due to development incentives. This bill gives them a formal say and early warning, helping them better anticipate and plan for potential impacts on school funding.
May slow or alter approval processes. By introducing additional notification and confirmation steps, the bill could make it more difficult to fast-track projects or quietly offer special tax deals, ensuring that negotiations over tax incentives are more deliberate and subject to local scrutiny.
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Notify Schools Before Projects
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Sponsors
15 Co-sponsors
1 Multi-sponsor
History
- Tabled
- Vetoed memo.244
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to assembly
- Passed senateVote 51–11
- 3rd reading cal.787
- Substituted for S2769
- Referred to local government
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Advanced to third reading cal.169
- Reported
Show 1 earlier action
- Referred to local governments
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Notify Towns Before IDA Projects
Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor Leroy Comrie
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STATE OF NEW YORK
2947
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 28, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES, D'URSO, DICKENS, RAMOS, CAHILL, BARRON, LAVINE, McDONOUGH, LAWRENCE, JEAN-PIERRE, OTIS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK -- 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 requiring notice and confirmation of such notice by affected local taxing jurisdictions and school districts prior to approval of projects by industrial development agencies
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 859-a of the general municipal law is amended by adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
1-a. The agency shall deliver a copy of the resolution adopted pursuant to subdivision one of this section by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the chief executive officer of each affected local taxing jurisdiction. When the affected local taxing jurisdiction is a school district, the agency shall deliver a copy of such resolution by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the school board and district superintendent of each affected school district.
§ 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 874 of the general municipal law, as amended by chapter 357 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows:
(b) The agency shall establish a procedure for deviation from the uniform tax exemption policy required pursuant to this subdivision. The agency shall set forth in writing the reasons for deviation from such policy, and shall further notify by certified mail, return receipt requested, the affected local taxing jurisdictions of the proposed deviation from such policy and the reasons therefor. When the affected local taxing jurisdiction is a school district, the agency shall notify by certified mail, return receipt requested, the school board and district superintendent of each affected school district.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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§ 3. Section 1953-a of the public authorities law is amended by adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
1-a. The authority shall deliver a copy of the resolution adopted pursuant to subdivision one of this section by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the chief executive officer of each affected tax jurisdiction. When the affected tax jurisdiction is a school district, the authority shall deliver a copy of such resolution by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the school board and district superintendent of each affected school district.
§ 4. Subdivision 2 of section 1963-a of the public authorities law, as amended by chapter 357 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows:
2. The authority shall establish a procedure for deviation from the uniform tax exemption policy required pursuant to this section. The authority shall set forth in writing the reasons for deviation from such policy, and shall further notify by certified mail, return receipt requested, the affected tax jurisdictions of the proposed deviation from such policy and the reasons therefor. When the affected tax jurisdiction is a school district, the authority shall notify by certified mail, return receipt requested, the school board and district superintendent of each affected school district.
§ 5. Section 2307 of the public authorities law is amended by adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
1-a. The authority shall deliver a copy of the resolution adopted pursuant to subdivision one of this section by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the chief executive officer of each affected tax jurisdiction. When the affected tax jurisdiction is a school district, the authority shall deliver a copy of such resolution by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the school board and district superintendent of each affected school district.
§ 6. Subdivision 2 of section 2315 of the public authorities law, as amended by chapter 357 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows:
2. The authority shall establish a procedure for deviation from the uniform tax exemption policy required pursuant to this section. The authority shall set forth in writing the reasons for deviation from such policy, and shall further notify by certified mail, return receipt requested, the affected local taxing jurisdictions of the proposed deviation from such policy and the reasons therefor. When the affected tax jurisdiction is a school district, the authority shall notify by certified mail, return receipt requested, the school board and district superintendent of each affected school district.
§ 7. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
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