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NY S03115

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/23/2025

Primary Sponsor

Pamela Helming

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Authorizes cities and towns to grant real property tax exemptions for improvements on privately-owned airports that provide free public access for aircraft takeoff and landing
  • Requires the airport to be listed in the United States government flight information publication airport/facility directory as open to the public
  • Exemption applies to landing areas including surfaces for takeoff, landing, taxiing, open air parking, air navigation/communications facilities, and public-use passenger terminals
  • Local governing bodies must enact a local law or resolution, subject to permissive referendum, specifying the extent of the exemption
  • Excludes from exemption any land used for crop production or other income-generating portions of the airport complex

Legislative Description

Allows cities and towns to pass a local law or resolution, subject to permissive referendum, to allow a real property tax exemption for privately-owned, public use airports; provides the percentage of exemption would be specified in the law or resolution; provides the exemption would be limited to improvements to the airport used for takeoff, landing, taxiing and open air parking of aircraft, air navigation or communications facilities and passenger terminals available to the public without charge.

Last Action

REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Local Government1/23/2025

Full Bill Text

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