NY State Senate Bill 2009-S8189

Senate Bill S8189

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides a $500,000 supplemental valuation impact grant to the West Valley central school district

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2009-S8189 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §3641, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S859
2013-2014: S3780
2015-2016: S2772
2017-2018: S557
2019-2020: S906, S7220

2009-S8189 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides a $500,000 supplemental valuation impact grant to the West Valley central school district.

2009-S8189 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S8189

TITLE OF BILL:

An act
to amend the education law, in relation to providing a supplemental
valuation impact grant to the West Valley central school district

PURPOSE:

To provide a $500,000 supplemental valuation impact grant to the West
Valley central school district.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 3641 of the education law is
amended, and a new paragraph e is added.

JUSTIFICATION:

The West Valley Central School District is in the vicinity of the West
Valley Nuclear Demonstration Project site, a now defunct project. The
real property tax school funding system that New York state uses to
fund its public school system disproportionately hurts West Valley,
since they have little real property to tax, given that most of their
land is state-owned, and as such is tax exempt, primarily as a result

of the West Valley Nuclear Demonstration Project that folded. Also,
the School District is a small, rural, relatively poor area with
little tax base to begin with.

The latest assessment data for 2009 shows that $832,521,000 out of the
district's estimated $939,610,000 tax base is tax exempt in the West
Valley Central School District. This equates to 93% tax exempt lands.
New York State-owned lands account for 83% of this exemption. If
taxable, this land at full value would equal over 15 million dollars
of tax revenue per school year to the district.

The West Valley Central School District finds itself in a situation
unique from most other schools in the state in that 93% of their land
is property tax exempt. This bill was requested by the school
district to help offset the loss of revenues that they incur due to
their tax exempt lands.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This is a new bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

Immediately.

2009-S8189 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  8189

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 15, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  YOUNG  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  providing  a  supple-
  mental  valuation  impact  grant  to  the  West  Valley central school
  district

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 3641 of the educa-
tion law, as amended by section 31 of part A of chapter 57 of  the  laws
of 2009, is amended and a new paragraph e is added to read as follows:
  a.  In  addition to apportionments otherwise provided by section thir-
ty-six hundred two of this article, for aid payable in the two  thousand
eight--two  thousand nine and two thousand nine--two thousand ten school
years, the amounts specified in paragraphs c [and],  d  AND  E  of  this
subdivision  shall be paid for the purpose of providing additional fund-
ing for school districts which have experienced a significant  financial
hardship caused by an extraordinary change in the taxable property valu-
ation, MORE THAN NINETY PERCENT OF THEIR REAL PROPERTY CLASSIFIED AS TAX
EXEMPTION  or  extraordinary  judgments  resulting  from  tax certiorari
proceedings.
  E. TO THE WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT,  THERE  SHALL  BE  PAID
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($500,000). SUCH GRANT SHALL BE PAYABLE TO
THE  WEST  VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PAYMENT
SCHEDULES CONTAINED IN SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED NINE-A OF  THIS  ARTI-
CLE, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD17757-01-0

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