Assembly Bill A10553

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to community preservation funds for the town of Orangetown

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2023-A10553 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9766
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
Town Law
Laws Affected:
Add §64-l, Town L; add Art 31-A-4 §§1439-aaa - 1439-ppp, Tax L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S9473

2023-A10553 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the town of Orangetown to establish community preservation funds; establishes a real estate transfer tax with revenues therefrom to be deposited in said community preservation fund; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

2023-A10553 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10553
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 3, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. McGowan) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation to  authorizing  the  town  of
   Orangetown,  county  of  Rockland  to establish community preservation
   funds; to amend the tax law, in relation to authorizing  the  town  of
   Orangetown  to  impose a real estate transfer tax with revenues there-
   from to be deposited in said community preservation fund; and  provid-
   ing for the repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The town law is amended by adding a  new  section  64-l  to
 read as follows:
   §  64-L.  TOWN  OF  ORANGETOWN  PRESERVATION FUNDS. 1. AS USED IN THIS
 SECTION, THE FOLLOWING WORDS AND TERMS SHALL HAVE  THE  FOLLOWING  MEAN-
 INGS:
   (A) "TOWN" MEANS THE TOWN OF ORANGETOWN.
   (B)  "COMMUNITY  PRESERVATION"  SHALL  MEAN  AND  INCLUDE  ANY  OF THE
 PURPOSES OUTLINED IN SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS SECTION.
   (C) "BOARD" MEANS THE ADVISORY BOARD REQUIRED PURSUANT TO  SUBDIVISION
 SIX OF THIS SECTION.
   (D)  "FUND"  MEANS THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION FUND CREATED PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
   (E) "TAX" SHALL MEAN THE REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAX IMPOSED PURSUANT  TO
 SECTION  FOURTEEN  HUNDRED  THIRTY-NINE-BBB  OF  THE  TAX LAW OR, IF THE
 CONTEXT CLEARLY INDICATES, SHALL  MEAN  THE  REAL  ESTATE  TRANSFER  TAX
 IMPOSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE THIRTY-ONE OF THE TAX LAW.
   2. THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF ORANGETOWN IS AUTHORIZED TO ESTABLISH
 BY LOCAL LAW A COMMUNITY PRESERVATION FUND PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
 THIS  SECTION.  DEPOSITS INTO THE FUND MAY INCLUDE REVENUES OF THE LOCAL
 GOVERNMENT FROM WHATEVER SOURCE AND SHALL INCLUDE,  AT  A  MINIMUM,  ALL
 REVENUES FROM A TAX IMPOSED UPON THE TRANSFER OF REAL PROPERTY INTERESTS
 IN  SUCH  TOWN PURSUANT TO ARTICLE THIRTY-ONE-A-FOUR OF THE TAX LAW. THE
 FUND SHALL ALSO BE AUTHORIZED TO ACCEPT GIFTS OF ANY SUCH  INTERESTS  IN
 LAND  OR  OF  FUNDS.  INTEREST ACCRUED BY MONIES DEPOSITED INTO THE FUND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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