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                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
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 Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, CAHILL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
   COOK,  J. RIVERA  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Educa-
   tion
 
 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02654-01-1

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 payable in the current year or the two-year average of the actual  valu-
 ation  calculated  for  aid  payable  in the current year and the actual
 valuation calculated for aid payable in the base year.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law.