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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7639
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      May 20, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. SKOUFIS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Local Governments
 
        AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to  referrals  of
          certain annexation petitions
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The section heading of section 239-m of the general munici-
     2  pal law, as amended by chapter 459 of the  laws  of  1997,  is  amended,
     3  subparagraph  (vi)  of  paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  3 is renumbered
     4  subparagraph (vii) and a new subparagraph  (vi)  is  added  to  read  as
     5  follows:
     6    §  239-m. Referral of certain proposed city, town and village planning
     7  and zoning actions and referral of certain annexation petitions  to  the
     8  county  planning  agency  or  regional planning council; report thereon;
     9  final action.
    10    (vi) annexation that would potentially require county or county agency
    11  approval (I) to provide water  or  sewer  service  in  the  area  to  be
    12  annexed, or (II) for the annexing municipality to provide water or sewer
    13  service in the area to be annexed;
    14    §  2.  Subdivision  1  of  section 711 of the general municipal law is
    15  amended by adding a new closing paragraph to read as follows:
    16    Provided, however, in the event that the petition to initiate  annexa-
    17  tion   is   subject   to   referral  pursuant  to  section  two  hundred
    18  thirty-nine-m of this chapter,  the  governing  boards  of  the  munici-
    19  palities  affected by such annexation shall comply with all requirements
    20  of such section prior to making a final determination.
    21    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall  apply  to  any
    22  annexation  petition  for which a hearing required by section 705 of the
    23  general municipal law has not been held as of May 30, 2015.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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