NY State Senate Bill 2019-S2085

Senate Bill S2085

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Increases from 50 to 100 acres, the acreage of farm woodland that qualifies as land used in agricultural production for agricultural assessment purposes

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Jan 08, 2020	referred to agriculture
Jan 22, 2019	referred to agriculture

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2019-S2085 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Agriculture
Law Section:: Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §301, Ag & Mkts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S2474
2011-2012: S847
2013-2014: S4331
2015-2016: S1916, S6613
2017-2018: S4535
2021-2022: S2253
2023-2024: S6015

2019-S2085 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases from 50 to 100 acres, the acreage of farm woodland that qualifies as land used in agricultural production for agricultural assessment purposes.

2019-S2085 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S2085

SPONSOR: HELMING
 
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 agricul-
tural assessment of farm woodlands from fifty (50) acres to one hundred
(100) acres.

Section 2 provides that this act shall take effect immediately.

 
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 preserva-
tion efforts, this legislation would allow farmers, particularly in
areas of the state with greater development pressure, to remain stewards
of their land for generations to come.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2018: S.4535 Passed Referred to Agriculture
2017: 5.4535 Passed Senate
2016: S.6613 Passed Senate
2015: S.1916 Passed Senate
2013,2014: S.4331 Passed Senate
2011,2012: S.847-A/A.6212-A Passed Senate
2009,2010: S.2474/A.5955 Referred to Agriculture
2007,2008: S.4453/A.6523 Passed Senate

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S2085 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2085
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 22, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- 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.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05114-01-9

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