Senate Bill S997

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Excludes the value of state forest preserve lands in the Adirondack and Catskill parks from use in the determination of state aid to school districts

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-S997 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5122
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง3602, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S7221
2015-2016: S822, A1179
2017-2018: S388, A476
2019-2020: S2526, A3689
2021-2022: S5342, A235
2023-2024: S2031, A2712

2013-S997 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Excludes the value of state forest preserve lands in the Adirondack and Catskill parks from use in the determination of state aid to school districts.

2013-S997 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S997 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   997

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens. LITTLE, BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  excluding  the  valu-
  ation  of state forest preserve lands, within the Adirondack and Cats-
  kill parks, from the definition of "actual valuation" for purposes  of
  apportionment of state moneys to school districts

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

  Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the  educa-
tion  law,  as amended by section 11 of part B of chapter 57 of the laws
of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  c. "Actual valuation" shall mean the valuation of taxable real proper-
ty in a school district obtained by taking  the  assessed  valuation  of
taxable  real  property  within  such  district  as  it appears upon the
assessment roll of the town, city, village,  or  county  in  which  such
property is located, for the calendar year two years prior to the calen-
dar year in which the base year commenced, after revision as provided by
law, and dividing it by the state equalization rate as determined by the
state board of [equalization and assessment] REAL PROPERTY TAX SERVICES,
for the assessment roll of such town, city, village, or county completed
during  such preceding calendar year; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE ACTUAL
VALUATION OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL NOT INCLUDE THE  VALUATION  OF  ANY
REAL  PROPERTY  WITHIN  A  STATE  FOREST  PRESERVE THAT IS EITHER IN THE
ADIRONDACK PARK OR THE CATSKILL PARK.  The actual valuation of a central
high school district shall be the sum of such valuations of  its  compo-
nent districts. Such actual valuation shall include any actual valuation
equivalent  of  payments in lieu of taxes determined pursuant to section
four hundred eighty-five of the real property tax law. "Selected  actual
valuation"  shall mean the lesser of actual valuation calculated for aid
payable in the current year or the two-year average of the actual  valu-

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

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