What's happening
This bill amends public lands law to provide state aid payments for certain state lands in the town of New Hudson, Allegany County.
Why it matters
Provides financial stability for local governments. By ensuring state aid payments to the Town of New Hudson for lands transferred to state ownership, the bill helps offset lost property tax revenue, which is crucial for funding local services and schools.
Supports communities hosting state conservation lands. The amendment recognizes that when land is taken off local tax rolls for environmental conservation, it can strain municipal budgets. This measure aims to ensure those communities aren’t financially penalized for hosting state-owned lands.
Applies retroactively to recent land acquisitions. State aid payments will be calculated starting from assessment rolls completed in 2019, providing immediate fiscal relief to the impacted town and ensuring no gap in compensation for lost tax base.
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State Aid for New Hudson
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- Referred to investigations and government operations
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State Aid to New Hudson
In Assembly Committee · Real Property Taxation · Sponsor Joseph Giglio
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STATE OF NEW YORK
7218
IN SENATE
January 10, 2020
Introduced by Sen. BORRELLO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Government Operations
AN ACT to amend the public lands law, in relation to the payment of state aid on account of certain state lands in the town of New Hudson, in the county of Allegany
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 19-b of the public lands law, subdivision 1 as added by chapter 260 of the laws of 1980 and subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 373 of the laws of 1981, are amended to read as follows:
1. State aid shall be payable to any municipal corporation or special district as such terms are defined by section one hundred two of the real property tax law and hereinafter collectively referred to in this section as "taxing authority", when on any assessment roll the taxable assessed valuation in such taxing authority is decreased in any year by reason of the transfer of title or possession of land or improvements thereon (a) to the state or an agency of the state located at West Valley, Cattaraugus county and theretofore utilized by the corporation known as "Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc."; or (b) to the state located in the town of New Hudson, in the county of Allegany, and theretofore subject to the jurisdiction of the department of environmental conservation.
2. The state aid payable to a taxing authority pursuant to this section shall be computed and paid during the first fiscal year of any such taxing authority commencing on or after January first, nineteen hundred eighty-one, and during each fiscal year thereafter. Such state aid shall in each year be equal to the amount of taxes levied or which would have been levied by or in behalf of the taxing authority against such lands and the improvements thereon on the last assessment roll finally completed in the year that the land was acquired by the state, adjusted for any change in assessment, but not less than the assessment roll completed in nineteen hundred eighty.
§ 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.
LBD04144-01-9
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the public lands law, in relation to the payment of state aid on account of certain state lands in the town of New Hudson, in the county of Allegany
Purpose
Provides for the payment of State aid to the Town of New Hudson, in the County of Allegany, and special districts therein for State land in such town operated by the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC).
Summary of provisions
Section 1. Amends section 19-b of the Public Lands Law to provide for the payment of State aid on State lands under the jurisdiction of the DEC located in Allegany County. The amount of State aid would be deter- mined by applying the annual tax rates(s) for such town to the assessed value of the lands, exclusive of improvements, as entered on the last assessment roll finally completed in the year the land was acquired by the state, adjusted for any change in the level of assessment, but not less than the assessment roll completed in nineteen hundred eighty.
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Section 2. Requires that this act shall take effect immediately, and the first payment of state aid shall be based upon assessment rolls completed in the year 2019.
Existing law
Sections 19-a and 19-b of the Public Lands Law currently provide for the payment of State aid on account of certain State lands, not including those in the Town of New Hudson and the County of Allegany.
Sections 532, 534, and 536 of the Real Property and Tax Law make certain State lands (none in the Town of New Hudson) taxable for some or all local government purposes.
Justification
The lands that would be the subject of State aid payments are clearly of a statewide benefit. 4,651.36 acres of land in the Town of New Hudson are State-owned and assessed at a total of $2,970,900 based on 2015 assessment rolls. Utilizing the current rate per thousand acres, 13.3635, the current lost tax revenue would equal $42,573.80. Several surrounding communities receive payment on 100% of the acreage on State- owned lands, including Angelica and Rushford.
This land, under the jurisdiction of the DEC, is being used for forestry purposes and the sale of timber, from which the State is receiving revenue. As a result of the high traffic from logging trucks, the New Hudson Highway Department has incurred undue costs for repairs of the roadways servicing these State lands. Because of the large acreage of tax-exempt State property, the Town finds itself in a fiscally challeng- ing position with a constrained and overburdened tax base.
This bill would remedy the situation by providing State aid payments based upon the applicable local tax rate in any given year, as applied against the assessment roll of the Town of New Hudson. Additionally, these payments will help to offset the cost of the road repairs and correct this overdue loss of tax revenue. While the Town has an Over- weight and Hauling Law, the Town has no local law enforcement, and requests to the New York State Police for assistance have been met with an unwillingness to enforce local laws. The Town is also facing hardship due to aging equipment that is approaching two decades of use, without the needed funds to purchase replacement equipment.
Legislative history
2019: S.1044/A.5878 Referred to Investigations and Government Operations 2018: S.3291-B/A.4725-B Reported and Committed to Finance 2017: S.3291-A/A.4725-A Referred to Investigations & Government Oper- ations 2015-16: S.4191A/A.7299A Referred to Investigations & Government Oper- ations 2011-12: S.4274 Referred to Investigations & Government Operations 2009-10: S.2262-A/A.7058-A Referred to Investigations & Government Oper- ations 2007-08: S.414/A.4934 Referred to Investigations & Government Operations 2006: S.6501/A.9762 Reported and Committed to Finance
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately and the first payment of State aid shall be based upon assessment rolls completed in 2019.
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