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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          3256
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 28, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- 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  and  the  public  authorities
          law,  in  relation to requiring notice and confirmation of such notice
          by affected local taxing jurisdictions and school districts  prior  to
          approval of projects by industrial development agencies
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 859-a of the general municipal law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
     3    1-a.  The agency shall deliver a copy of the resolution adopted pursu-
     4  ant to subdivision one of this section by certified mail, return receipt
     5  requested, to the chief executive officer of each affected local  taxing
     6  jurisdiction.  When  the  affected local taxing jurisdiction is a school
     7  district, the agency shall deliver a copy of such resolution  by  certi-
     8  fied  mail,  return  receipt requested, to the school board and district
     9  superintendent of each affected school district.
    10    § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of  section  874  of  the  general
    11  municipal law, as amended by chapter 357 of the laws of 1993, is amended
    12  to read as follows:
    13    (b)  The  agency  shall  establish  a procedure for deviation from the
    14  uniform tax exemption policy required pursuant to this subdivision.  The
    15  agency  shall  set  forth in writing the reasons for deviation from such
    16  policy, and shall further  notify  by  certified  mail,  return  receipt
    17  requested, the affected local taxing jurisdictions of the proposed devi-
    18  ation  from  such  policy  and the reasons therefor.   When the affected
    19  local taxing jurisdiction is a school district, the agency shall  notify
    20  by  certified  mail,  return  receipt  requested,  the  school board and
    21  district superintendent of each affected school district.
    22    § 3. Section 1953-a of the public authorities law is amended by adding
    23  a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07753-01-1
        S. 3256                             2
 
     1    1-a. The authority shall deliver a  copy  of  the  resolution  adopted
     2  pursuant  to  subdivision  one of this section by certified mail, return
     3  receipt requested, to the chief executive officer of each  affected  tax
     4  jurisdiction.  When  the affected tax jurisdiction is a school district,
     5  the authority shall deliver a copy of such resolution by certified mail,
     6  return  receipt  requested, to the school board and district superinten-
     7  dent of each affected school district.
     8    § 4. Subdivision 2 of section 1963-a of the public authorities law, as
     9  amended by chapter 357 of the laws  of  1993,  is  amended  to  read  as
    10  follows:
    11    2.  The  authority  shall establish a procedure for deviation from the
    12  uniform tax exemption policy required  pursuant  to  this  section.  The
    13  authority shall set forth in writing the reasons for deviation from such
    14  policy,  and  shall  further  notify  by  certified mail, return receipt
    15  requested, the affected tax jurisdictions of the proposed deviation from
    16  such policy and the reasons therefor.  When the affected  tax  jurisdic-
    17  tion is a school district, the authority shall notify by certified mail,
    18  return  receipt  requested, the school board and district superintendent
    19  of each affected school district.
    20    § 5. Section 2307 of the public authorities law is amended by adding a
    21  new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
    22    1-a. The authority shall deliver a  copy  of  the  resolution  adopted
    23  pursuant  to  subdivision  one of this section by certified mail, return
    24  receipt requested, to the chief executive officer of each  affected  tax
    25  jurisdiction.  When  the affected tax jurisdiction is a school district,
    26  the authority shall deliver a copy of such resolution by certified mail,
    27  return receipt requested, to the school board and  district  superinten-
    28  dent of each affected school district.
    29    §  6.  Subdivision 2 of section 2315 of the public authorities law, as
    30  amended by chapter 357 of the laws  of  1993,  is  amended  to  read  as
    31  follows:
    32    2.  The  authority  shall establish a procedure for deviation from the
    33  uniform tax exemption policy required  pursuant  to  this  section.  The
    34  authority shall set forth in writing the reasons for deviation from such
    35  policy,  and  shall  further  notify  by  certified mail, return receipt
    36  requested, the affected local taxing jurisdictions of the proposed devi-
    37  ation from such policy and the reasons therefor. When the  affected  tax
    38  jurisdiction  is a school district, the authority shall notify by certi-
    39  fied mail, return receipt  requested,  the  school  board  and  district
    40  superintendent of each affected school district.
    41    §  7. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
    42  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.