STATE OF NEW YORK
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1651
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 14, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
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 Referral of certain proposed city, town and village planning and
7 zoning actions and referral of and recommendation on certain annexation
8 petitions to the county planning agency or regional planning council;
9 report thereon; 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 to and recommendation by relevant county
18 planning agency or regional planning council pursuant to section two
19 hundred thirty-nine-m of this chapter, the governing boards of the muni-
20 cipalities affected by such annexation shall comply with all require-
21 ments of such section prior to making a final determination.
22 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall apply to any
23 annexation petition for which a final determination by the affected
24 governing boards as required by section 711 of the general municipal law
25 has not yet been determined.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05678-01-1
