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NY S07731
Bill
Status
8/17/2012
Primary Sponsor
John Bonacic
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AI Summary
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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