New York S 593: Relates to implementing transfer assessments for certain classes of property in a city with a population of one million or more

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S00593 Summary:

BILL NOS00593A

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SAME ASSAME AS A09105-A

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SPONSORHINCHEY

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COSPNSRBORRELLO, GALLIVAN, HELMING, OBERACKER, RHOADS, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §301, Ag & Mkts L

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Includes certain land that is owned or rented as a farm operation for the production for sale of crops, livestock or livestock products as land used in agricultural production.

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BILL NOS00593A

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

02/04/20251ST REPORT CAL.261

02/05/20252ND REPORT CAL.

02/10/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/03/2025PASSED SENATE

03/03/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/03/2025referred to agriculture

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

02/25/20261ST REPORT CAL.417

02/26/20262ND REPORT CAL.

03/04/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

04/21/2026AMENDED ON THIRD READING 593A

06/01/2026PASSED SENATE

06/01/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/01/2026referred to agriculture

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 593--A
 Cal. No. 417

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. HINCHEY, BORRELLO, GALLIVAN, HELMING, OBERACKER,
 WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be commit-
 ted to the Committee on Agriculture -- recommitted to the Committee on
 Agriculture in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported
 favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report,
 ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining
 its place in the order of third reading

 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to land
 used in agricultural production

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 301 of the agriculture and markets
 2 law is amended by adding two new paragraphs p and q to read as follows:
 3 p. Land that is owned or rented as a farm operation for the preceding
 4 two years for the production for sale of crops, livestock or livestock
 5 products, that consists of (1) not less than seven acres and an annual
 6 gross sales value of five thousand dollars or more; or (2) less than
 7 seven acres and an annual gross sales value of thirty-five thousand
 8 dollars or more. Such farm operation shall also be able to establish
 9 that the farm operation will meet the gross sales value requirements
 10 described in paragraph f of this subdivision within three years of
 11 attaining an agricultural assessment. The commissioner or the advisory
 12 board established pursuant to section three hundred nine-a of this arti-
 13 cle shall create a set of metrics and considerations used by assessors
 14 to determine whether the farm operation will meet such gross sales value
 15 requirement within three years. Assessors shall use such metrics and
 16 considerations and shall give special consideration to farm operations
 17 that were awarded any state or federal grants, in particular grants for
 18 beginning farmers and grants for economically and socially disadvantaged
 19 farmers. The commissioner or the advisory board established pursuant to

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01742-02-6

 S. 593--A 2

 1 section three hundred nine-a of this article shall monitor the farm
 2 operation's progress, and the commissioner may provide technical assist-
 3 ance, including connecting the farm operation to resources for the
 4 purposes of assisting the farm operation in meeting the gross sales
 5 value requirement within the time allotted. Land that receives an agri-
 6 cultural assessment and is unable to meet the required gross sales value
 7 within three years as described in this paragraph shall no longer be
 8 considered land used in agricultural production pursuant to this
 9 subdivision.
 10 q. Land of not less than seven acres that is owned or rented by a
 11 newly established farm operation for the production for sale of crops,
 12 livestock or livestock products in its fir