STATE OF NEW YORK
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S. 2927 A. 4260
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
SENATE - ASSEMBLY
January 30, 2015
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IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Govern-
ment
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Local Governments
AN ACT to amend chapter 330 of the laws of 2011 amending the town law
relating to payments for certain school, fire, fire protection, and
ambulance districts for lands exempt from real property taxation for
purposes which implement the Peconic Bay community preservation fund,
and permitting the town of Southampton to make such payments in
certain cases, in relation to providing annual payments to the East
Quogue union free school district
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 330 of the laws of 2011, amending the
2 town law relating to payments for certain school, fire, fire protection,
3 and ambulance districts for lands exempt from real property taxation for
4 purposes which implement the Peconic Bay community preservation fund,
5 and permitting the town of Southampton to make such payments in certain
6 cases, is amended to read as follows:
7 § 2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the town of
8 Southampton may make annual payments from its community preservation
9 fund to certain high-tax school, fire, fire protection, and ambulance
10 districts, as specified in this section, located either wholly or
11 partially within the [central Pine Barrens area] Long Island Pine
12 Barrens maritime reserve as defined in subdivision [10] 2 of section
13 57-0107 of the environmental conservation law. Such payments may be
14 made to mitigate the impact of the lost tax revenues from lands made
15 wholly exempt as a result of their acquisition by the federal, state, or
16 local government for the preservation of community character as defined
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 in subdivision 4 of section 64-e of the town law. The following
2 districts shall be eligible: Riverhead central school district, Hampton
3 Bays union free school district, Eastport-South Manor central school
4 district, East Quogue union free school district, Riverhead fire
5 district, Flanders fire district, Flanders - Northampton ambulance
6 district, and the North End Quogue fire protection district.
7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately provided, however, that
8 the amendments to section 2 of chapter 330 of the laws of 2011 made by
9 section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and
10 shall be deemed repealed therewith.
