NY State Senate Bill 2019-S906

Senate Bill S906

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Provides a $500,000 supplemental valuation impact grant to the West Valley central school district during the 2019 -- 2020 school year

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Delivered to Governor
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2019-S906 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5876
Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §3641, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S8189
2011-2012: S859, A1955
2013-2014: S3780, A6018
2015-2016: S2772, A5429
2017-2018: S557, A5005

2019-S906 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides a $500,000 supplemental valuation impact grant to the West Valley central school district for the 2019 - 2020 school year.

2019-S906 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S906

SPONSOR: YOUNG
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to providing a supple-
mental 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:

Section 3641, subdivision 3 of the Education Law is amended.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Within the boundaries of the West Valley Central School District is the

West Valley Nuclear Demonstration project site. This site is located on
approximately 3,300 acres in the Town of Ashford where West Valley is
situated. Initially, in 1961, the site was created to commercially
reprocess spent nuclear fuel. The operator of the site was Nuclear Fuel
Services, Inc. (NFS). In the late 1970's, NFS determined that it was no
longer feasible to pursue reprocessing.  Since then the site has been in
the process of being decommissioned.  The New York State Energy Research
and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is the owner of the facility.

The real property tax school funding system that New York State uses to
fund its public schools 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 reprocessing project that folded.  In addition,
the School District is a small, rural, relatively poor area with little
tax base to begin with. This situation is further magnified by an
unwillingness of families to locate in the District due to fears associ-
ated with living close to a nuclear facility couple with one of the
highest tax rates in Cattaraugus County.

West Valley School District assessment date for 2012 shows that
$531,901,574 out of the district's estimated $628,380,834 assessed value
is tax exempt. This equates to approximately 85% tax exempt lands. New
York State-owned lands account for 94% of this exemption.  If taxable,
this nuclear site would provide over $2.7 million dollars of tax revenue
each school year to the district. In addition, the school tax rate in
the Town of Ashford would decrease from $37.62 per thousand to $5.45 per
thousand.

As a result of the high tax rate, which is 21 percent to 65 percent
higher than contiguous districts, the District's current property owners
pay a disproportionate share of school tax as compared to property
owners in other districts. This makes purchasing a home cost prohibitive
for young families, and is also a factor contributing to the District's
30.7 percent rate of decline in student enrollment between the 2005/06
and 2013/14 school years.



Because of West Valley's unique situation, 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:

2018: S.557-A/A.5005-A Referred to Education
2017: S.557/A.5005 Referred to Education
2015, 2016: S.2772A/A.5429A Referred to Education
2013, 2014:  S.3780A/A.6018A Referred to Education
2011, 2012: S.859A/A.1955A Referred to Education
2010: S.8189 Referred to Rules

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

$500,000, subject to appropriation in the state budget.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

2019-S906 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    906
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  YOUNG  -- 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  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.    Subdivision  3 of section 3641 of the education law, as
 added by section 29-a of part B of chapter 57 of the laws of 2008, para-
 graph a as amended by section 31 of part A of chapter 57 of the laws  of
 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   3. Supplemental valuation impact grants.  a. In addition to apportion-
 ments otherwise provided by section thirty-six hundred two of this arti-
 cle,  for aid payable in the two thousand [eight] NINETEEN--two thousand
 [nine and two thousand nine--two thousand  ten]  TWENTY  school  [years]
 YEAR, the [amounts] AMOUNT specified in [paragraphs] PARAGRAPH c [and d]
 of  this  subdivision  shall  be paid for the purpose of providing addi-
 tional funding for A school [districts] DISTRICT which [have experienced
 a significant financial hardship caused by an  extraordinary  change  in
 the taxable property valuation or extraordinary judgments resulting from
 tax  certiorari  proceedings]  HAS MORE THAN EIGHTY-THREE PERCENT OF ITS
 REAL PROPERTY CLASSIFIED AS TAX EXEMPT.
   b. The purpose of this subdivision is to provide financial  assistance
 to  A  school [districts] DISTRICT which [have experienced a significant
 reduction in the taxable full value of the school district  or  extraor-
 dinary  tax  certiorari judgments] HAS MORE THAN EIGHTY-THREE PERCENT OF
 ITS REAL PROPERTY CLASSIFIED AS TAX EXEMPT.  The legislature finds  that
 A  school  [districts for which a judgment was made resulting from a tax
 certiorari proceeding which is larger  than  the  total  budget  of  the
 school  district  for school year two thousand seven--two thousand eight
 or for school districts] DISTRICT which [have observed  a  reduction  of

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

                                                            LBD03732-01-9

 S. 906                              2

 taxable  real  property of more than seventy-five percent between school
 year two thousand five--two thousand six and school  year  two  thousand
 eight--two thousand nine] HAS MORE THAN EIGHTY-THREE PERCENT OF ITS REAL
 PROPERTY  CLASSIFIED AS TAX EXEMPT DURING SCHOOL YEAR TWO THOUSAND NINE-
 TEEN--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY may benefit from temporary additional  assist-
 ance.
   c.  To  the  [Barker  central school district, there shall be paid one
 million three hundred thousand dollars ($1,300,000). Such grant shall be
 payable to the Barker central school district  in  accordance  with  the
 payment schedules contained in section thirty-six hundred nine-a of this
 article, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary.
   d.  To the Haverstraw-Stony Point central school district, there shall
 be paid two million five hundred  thousand  dollars  ($2,500,000).  Such
 grant  shall  be  payable  to  the Haverstraw-Stony Point central school
 district in accordance with the payment schedules contained  in  section
 thirty-six hundred nine-a of this article, notwithstanding any provision
 of law to the contrary] 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 ARTICLE, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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