NY State Senate Bill 2023-S2031

Senate Bill S2031

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Excludes the value of state forest preserve lands in the Adirondack and Catskill parks from use in the determination of state aid to school districts

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education 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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Jan 03, 2024	referred to education
Jan 18, 2023	referred to education

2023-S2031 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2712
Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §3602, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S7221
2013-2014: S997, A5122
2015-2016: S822, A1179
2017-2018: S388, A476
2019-2020: S2526, A3689
2021-2022: S5342, A235

2023-S2031 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Excludes the value of state forest preserve lands in the Adirondack and Catskill parks from use in the determination of state aid to school districts.

2023-S2031 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S2031

SPONSOR: STEC
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to excluding the valu-
ation of state forest preserve lands, within the Adirondack and Catskill
parks, from the definition of "actual valuation" for purposes of appor-
tionment of state moneys to school districts

 
PURPOSE:

Excludes the value of state forest preserve lands in the Adirondack and
Catskill parks from use in the determination of state aid to school
districts

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Amends paragraph c of subdivision 1 of section 3602 of the
laws of 2007 to amend the definition of "actual valuation"

Section 2: Contains the effective date

 
JUSTIFICATION:

School districts with large portions of state forest preserve within
their district lines often are perceived of being wealthier than the
actual value of privately owned lands. A good example of this is the
Wells School District in Hamilton County. Their full equalization rate
for 2011 was $387.2 million while the value of state forest preserve was
$254 million, which represents 65.6% of the total district value.

This bill aims to give a district a better representation of the wealth
of a given district.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2021-22: S5342 referred to Education; A235 referred to Education

2019-20: A3689 referred to Education/S2526 referred to Education

2017-18: A476 referred to Education/S388 referred tO Education

2015-16: A1179 referred to Education/S5822 Referred to Education

2013-14: A5122 referred to Education/S5997 Reported to Finance 2012:

S7221 referred to Education

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding the
date on which it shall have become law.

2023-S2031 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2031
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 18, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  STEC  --  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  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
 payable in the current year or the two-year average of the actual  valu-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01710-01-3
 S. 2031                             2

 
 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.

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