What's happening
This bill provides annual state aid to local governments for state-owned lands in the northern Montezuma wildlife management area in Cayuga, Seneca, and Wayne counties.
Why it matters
Ensures local governments do not lose tax revenue. By providing state aid equal to what would have been collected in property taxes for state-owned lands, the bill helps local governments maintain funding for services despite the land being exempt from local taxation.
Targets a specific region and type of land. The legislation specifically applies to the northern Montezuma wildlife management area in Cayuga, Seneca, and Wayne counties, acknowledging the unique fiscal impact of large state-owned conservation lands on small, rural municipalities.
Establishes a formula based on past tax values. The aid amount is calculated using the tax rate and land assessments from 2003 (adjusted for assessment level changes), creating a predictable and stable aid formula that avoids fluctuations tied to future property value changes or improvements.
Streamlines the aid application process. The bill designates county treasurers to apply for the aid on behalf of affected tax districts, using a standardized form, which could help ensure timely and consistent payments and reduce administrative burdens for local governments.
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State Aid for Montezuma Lands
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Sponsors
2 Co-sponsors
History
- Held for consideration in real property taxation
- Referred to real property taxation
- Referred to real property taxation
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5534
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 13, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. MANKTELOW -- read once and referred to the Committee on Real Property Taxation
AN ACT to amend the public lands law, in relation to the payment of state aid on account of state lands in the counties of Cayuga, Seneca and Wayne comprising the northern Montezuma wildlife management area
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The public lands law is amended by adding a new section 19-c to read as follows:
§ 19-c. State aid; state lands comprising the northern Montezuma wildlife management area. 1. State aid shall be payable annually, as provided in this section, to any municipal corporation or special district, as such terms are defined in section one hundred two of the real property tax law and hereinafter collectively referred to as "tax district", that contains land in the counties of Cayuga, Seneca and Wayne comprising the northern Montezuma wildlife management area owned by the state and under the jurisdiction of the department of environmental conservation.
2. The state aid so payable shall be equal to the taxes that would have been imposed by applying the current tax rate for the tax district to the assessment of the land in the district, exclusive of improvements, under the jurisdiction of the department of environmental conservation appearing on the appropriate town assessment roll completed in two thousand three, whenever acquired by the state, adjusted for any change in level of assessment.
3. State aid shall be payable upon application of the county treasurer on behalf of the tax districts to the state comptroller on a form prescribed by the state comptroller containing such information as the state comptroller shall require.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately and the first payment of state aid shall be based upon assessment rolls completed in 2019.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08941-01-9
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