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NY S07731

Bill

Status

Passed

8/17/2012

Primary Sponsor

John Bonacic

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Origin

Senate

2011-2012 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Expands the definition of "local government re-organization" to include towns and villages that exist as of July 1, 2012 and thereafter share coterminous boundaries, in addition to consolidations and dissolutions.

  • Allows towns that qualify for citizen empowerment tax credit by sharing a coterminous boundary with a village to be deemed surviving municipalities eligible for additional annual aid.

  • Authorizes the Secretary of State to create rules and regulations implementing the tax credit for coterminous town-village arrangements when determined to result in taxpayer savings.

  • Maintains existing additional annual aid of 15 percent of combined real property taxes levied by participating municipalities, with a cap of one million dollars per municipality.

  • Takes effect immediately upon enactment.

Legislative Description

Provides that municipalities made coterminous may qualify for the citizen empowerment tax credit and the local government citizens re-organization empowerment grant program.

Last Action

APPROVAL MEMO.10

8/17/2012

Committee Referrals

Ways and Means6/20/2012
Rules6/15/2012

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