NY State Senate Bill 2019-S7217

Senate Bill S7217

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Provides for the payment of state aid to the town of Ashford, in the county of Cattaraugus, for state land therein

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Jan 10, 2020	referred to investigations and government operations

2019-S7217 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5796
Current Committee:: Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:: Public Lands Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §19-b, Pub Lds L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S4868, A9285
2013-2014: S2676, A6015
2015-2016: S3009, A5447
2017-2018: S444, A4992
2021-2022: S378, A6782
2023-2024: S431, A2128

2019-S7217 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the payment of state aid to the town of Ashford, in the county of Cattaraugus, for state lands in such town.

2019-S7217 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S7217

SPONSOR: BORRELLO
 
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 Ashford, in
the county of Cattaraugus

 
PURPOSE:

The purpose of this bill is to provide for the payment of State aid to
the Town of Ashford, in the County of Cattaraugus, and the special
districts therein for state lands in such town.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of this bill amends section 19-b of the Public Lands Law to
provide for the payment of State aid on State lands under the jurisdic-
tion of the state or any agency thereof, located in the Town of Ashford,
Cattaraugus County. The amount of State aid would be determined 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.

Section 2 requires that this act shall take effect immediately, and the
first payment of state aid shall be based upon the assessment rolls
completed in 2019.

 
EXISTING LAW:

Section 19-b of the Public Lands Law currently provides for the payment
of State aid for the West Valley Nuclear sight based on tax rolls from
1980. In addition, Sections 532, 534, and 536 of the Real Property and
Tax Law make certain State lands (not including the Town of Ashford)
taxable for some or all local government purposes.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The lands that would be the subject of State aid payments were used by
the state for the West Valley Demonstration project. Despite accounting
for 87% of the taxable land in the Town of Ashford, the state aid
payments, which are based on a 1980 assessment, have not increased since
1996. The loss of revenue to the town due to the exempt properties have
become unbearable for the taxpayers in the town. The town is even more
limited now in its capacity to raise revenue due to the property tax cap
enacted in 2011.

Because a significant amount of the acreage in the Town is tax-exempt
State property, the Town finds itself in a fiscally challenged position
with a constrained and overburdened tax base. This bill would help alle-
viate this situation by providing yearly State aid payments to the Town
of Ashford, to offset the loss of tax revenue.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019: S.962/A.5796 Referred to Finance
2018: S.444-8/A.4992-B Referred to Investigations and Government
2017: S.444-A/A.4992-A Referred to Investigations and Government
2015,2016: S.3009-A/A.5447-A Referred to Investigations and Government
Operations
2013,2014: S.2676-A/A.6015-A Referred to Investigations and Government
Operations
2011,2012: S.4868/A.9285 Referred to investigations and Government Oper-
ations

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Minimal to the state.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately and the first payment of State
aid shall be based upon assessment rolls completed in 2019.

2019-S7217 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7217
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. BORRELLO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment 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 Ashford, in
   the county of Cattaraugus

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, 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  ASHFORD,  IN  THE  COUNTY OF CATTARAUGUS, AND THERETOFORE
 SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE OR ANY AGENCY THEREOF.
   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.
                                                            LBD03013-01-9

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