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Senate Bill S2474
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Agriculture Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S2474 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A5955
- Current Committee:
- Senate Agriculture
- Law Section:
- Agriculture and Markets Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง301, Ag & Mkts L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012:
S847, A6212
2013-2014: S4331, A7008
2015-2016: S1916, S6613, A7069
2017-2018: S4535, A6159
2019-2020: S2085
2021-2022: S2253
2023-2024: S6015
2009-S2474 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2474 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to increasing the acreage of farm woodland which qualifies as land used in agricultural production for agricultural assessment purposes PURPOSE : This legislation would double the amount of woodlands eligible for an agricultural assessment. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 amends paragraph (d) of subdivision 4 of section 301 of the agricultural and markets law to change the maximum acreage for agricultural assessment of farm woodlands from fifty acres to one hundred acres. JUSTIFICATION : Many farms have woodlands on their property which exceed fifty acres, but some only barely exceed that amount, causing local assessors to divide a single woodlot into two separate parcels so that one may be assessed at the "highest and best use" while the other receives an assessment based upon its agricultural value. In many instances the former is only a few small acres of land. As we continue farm preservation efforts and this legislation would allow farmers,
2009-S2474 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2474 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 20, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. YOUNG -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to increas- ing the acreage of farm woodland which qualifies as land used in agri- cultural production for agricultural assessment purposes THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph d of subdivision 4 of section 301 of the agricul- ture and markets law, as amended by chapter 445 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows: d. Farm woodland which is part of land which is qualified for an agri- cultural assessment, provided, however, that such farm woodland attrib- utable to any separately described and assessed parcel shall not exceed [fifty] ONE HUNDRED acres. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07635-01-9
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